{"id":51545,"date":"2023-01-27T16:28:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T16:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/01\/27\/new-evidence-declares-soldier-pow-before-death-in-korean-war\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:48:09","slug":"new-evidence-declares-soldier-pow-before-death-in-korean-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2023\/01\/27\/new-evidence-declares-soldier-pow-before-death-in-korean-war\/","title":{"rendered":"New evidence declares soldier POW before death in Korean War"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Army scientists recently added a new chapter to the story of a 19-year-old Army private presumed to have died fighting in the Korean War in 1950.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unit officials had declared Pfc. Ithiel E. Whatley, of Pensacola, Florida first missing in action<\/a> and, nearly four years later \u201cissued a presumptive finding of death<\/a>\u201d on Jan. 4, 1954, later declaring his remains \u201cunrecoverable\u201d in January 1956, according to a Defense POW\/MIA Accounting Agency release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Findings made in September 2022 and publicly announced on Jan. 20, now show he survived the fighting if only for a short time, to be held as a prisoner of war before his death.<\/p>\n\n\n\t