A US Army private who was killed during the Korean War at just 17 years old is finally being laid to rest under his own name, more than seven decades after his remains were buried as an unidentified soldier. Pvt. Joseph E. Boyd, from Bear Creek, North Carolina, was identified after forensic scientists analysed remains designated “Unknown X-1642”, according to the US Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA). The agency announced on October 17, 2026, that Boyd had been accounted for on June 10, with his burial scheduled for October 21 in Owings Mills, Maryland.
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