29-04-2025
Pennsylvania soldier killed in Korean War now accounted for
PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ) — A Pennsylvania soldier who was killed in the Korean War has now been accounted for and will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
U.S. Army Private First Class Roland Bowser, of New Kensington, was assigned to the M Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division in Korea. On Nov. 2, 1950, he was reported missing in action after his battalion withdrew.
After the war, returning prisoners reported that Bowser had died in captivity while he was being held at a camp in North Korea in June 1951.
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In 1954, during Operation Glory, which was an effort to retrieve the remains of soldiers who died overseas, the United Nations Command received a set of remains from the camp where Bowser was said to have died.
The remains were transported to the Central Identification Unit in Japan for examination in the hopes they would be identified. However, at the time, identification could not be made, and the soldier was buried as an unknown at the National Memorial Cemetery in Honolulu.
In October 2019, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency dug up the remains to be sent for another analysis in the hopes of making a positive identification. Scientists used dental, anthropological, chest radiograph analysis, and mitochondrial DNA to determine that the remains belonged to Bowser.
Bowser is set to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. A date has not been set at this time.
Bowser is currently recorded on the Courts of the Missing Punchbowl, and a rosette will be placed alongside his name to show that he has now been accounted for.
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