On January 7, 2015, Army SFC Gordon Leslie Hannah, 27, killed in the Korean War, was finally laid to rest - in American soil - with full military honors.
On Jan. 28, 1951, Hannah was assigned to Company K, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division (ID), which was engaged in a battle against enemy forces in the vicinity of Wonju, Republic of South Korea. Hannah was reported missing in action after the battle.
In late 1953, as part of a prisoner of war exchange, known as OPERATION Big Switch, returning U.S. soldiers told debriefers that Hannah was captured Jan. 28, 1951, by enemy forces and died from dysentery in early 1951 at Suan Bean Camp. His remains were not among those turned over to the U.S. by communist forces after the Armistice.
Between 1991 and 1994, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (D.P.R.K) turned over to the U.S. 208 boxes of human remains believed to contain more than 400 U.S. servicemen who fought during the war. North Korean documents, turned over at that time, indicated that some of the remains were recovered from the vicinity where Hannah was believed to have died. In addition, in late 2000, a joint U.S./D.P.R.K. team excavated a purported burial site near Kujang, North Korea, where they recovered commingled human remains. Hannah's remains were recovered during these two field activities.
He was accounted for Dec. 3, 2014.
To identify Hannah scientists from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory (AFDIL) used circumstantial evidence, dental and radiograph comparison, and forensic identification tools, to include two forms of DNA analysis mitochondrial DNA, which matched his niece and nephew and Y-STR DNA, which matched his son.
SFC Hannah was awarded the Bronze Star, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Gordon's name is recorded on the Tablets of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (107132034 , cenotaph), along with the others killed or lost in WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
SOURCE: DPAA Release No: 14-001 (Dec. 29, 2014)
On Jan. 28, 1951, Hannah was assigned to Company K, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division (ID), which was engaged in a battle against enemy forces in the vicinity of Wonju, Republic of South Korea. Hannah was reported missing in action after the battle.
In late 1953, as part of a prisoner of war exchange, known as OPERATION Big Switch, returning U.S. soldiers told debriefers that Hannah was captured Jan. 28, 1951, by enemy forces and died from dysentery in early 1951 at Suan Bean Camp. His remains were not among those turned over to the U.S. by communist forces after the Armistice.
Between 1991 and 1994, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (D.P.R.K) turned over to the U.S. 208 boxes of human remains believed to contain more than 400 U.S. servicemen who fought during the war. North Korean documents, turned over at that time, indicated that some of the remains were recovered from the vicinity where Hannah was believed to have died. In addition, in late 2000, a joint U.S./D.P.R.K. team excavated a purported burial site near Kujang, North Korea, where they recovered commingled human remains. Hannah's remains were recovered during these two field activities.
He was accounted for Dec. 3, 2014.
To identify Hannah scientists from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory (AFDIL) used circumstantial evidence, dental and radiograph comparison, and forensic identification tools, to include two forms of DNA analysis mitochondrial DNA, which matched his niece and nephew and Y-STR DNA, which matched his son.
SFC Hannah was awarded the Bronze Star, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Gordon's name is recorded on the Tablets of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (107132034 , cenotaph), along with the others killed or lost in WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
SOURCE: DPAA Release No: 14-001 (Dec. 29, 2014)
On January 7, 2015, Army SFC Gordon Leslie Hannah, 27, killed in the Korean War, was finally laid to rest - in American soil - with full military honors.
On Jan. 28, 1951, Hannah was assigned to Company K, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division (ID), which was engaged in a battle against enemy forces in the vicinity of Wonju, Republic of South Korea. Hannah was reported missing in action after the battle.
In late 1953, as part of a prisoner of war exchange, known as OPERATION Big Switch, returning U.S. soldiers told debriefers that Hannah was captured Jan. 28, 1951, by enemy forces and died from dysentery in early 1951 at Suan Bean Camp. His remains were not among those turned over to the U.S. by communist forces after the Armistice.
Between 1991 and 1994, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (D.P.R.K) turned over to the U.S. 208 boxes of human remains believed to contain more than 400 U.S. servicemen who fought during the war. North Korean documents, turned over at that time, indicated that some of the remains were recovered from the vicinity where Hannah was believed to have died. In addition, in late 2000, a joint U.S./D.P.R.K. team excavated a purported burial site near Kujang, North Korea, where they recovered commingled human remains. Hannah's remains were recovered during these two field activities.
He was accounted for Dec. 3, 2014.
To identify Hannah scientists from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory (AFDIL) used circumstantial evidence, dental and radiograph comparison, and forensic identification tools, to include two forms of DNA analysis mitochondrial DNA, which matched his niece and nephew and Y-STR DNA, which matched his son.
SFC Hannah was awarded the Bronze Star, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Gordon's name is recorded on the Tablets of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (107132034 , cenotaph), along with the others killed or lost in WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
SOURCE: DPAA Release No: 14-001 (Dec. 29, 2014)
On Jan. 28, 1951, Hannah was assigned to Company K, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division (ID), which was engaged in a battle against enemy forces in the vicinity of Wonju, Republic of South Korea. Hannah was reported missing in action after the battle.
In late 1953, as part of a prisoner of war exchange, known as OPERATION Big Switch, returning U.S. soldiers told debriefers that Hannah was captured Jan. 28, 1951, by enemy forces and died from dysentery in early 1951 at Suan Bean Camp. His remains were not among those turned over to the U.S. by communist forces after the Armistice.
Between 1991 and 1994, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (D.P.R.K) turned over to the U.S. 208 boxes of human remains believed to contain more than 400 U.S. servicemen who fought during the war. North Korean documents, turned over at that time, indicated that some of the remains were recovered from the vicinity where Hannah was believed to have died. In addition, in late 2000, a joint U.S./D.P.R.K. team excavated a purported burial site near Kujang, North Korea, where they recovered commingled human remains. Hannah's remains were recovered during these two field activities.
He was accounted for Dec. 3, 2014.
To identify Hannah scientists from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory (AFDIL) used circumstantial evidence, dental and radiograph comparison, and forensic identification tools, to include two forms of DNA analysis mitochondrial DNA, which matched his niece and nephew and Y-STR DNA, which matched his son.
SFC Hannah was awarded the Bronze Star, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Gordon's name is recorded on the Tablets of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (107132034 , cenotaph), along with the others killed or lost in WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
SOURCE: DPAA Release No: 14-001 (Dec. 29, 2014)
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GORDON L / HANNAH
SFC / US ARMY / KOREA
DEC 25 1923 / JUN 30 1951
PH POW KIA
BELOVED HUSBAND / FATHER GRANDPA
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