Remains of Korean War soldier Actkinson of Sudan to be interred in Colorado City
COLORDAO CITY – The remains of a West Texas soldier killed during the Korean War will be buried here Feb. 12.
Army Cpl. Marvin D. Actkinson of Sudan, northwest of Lubbock, was reported missing in action Dec. 2, 1950, while a member of Company B, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, according to a news release from the U. S. Army Human Resources Command in Fort Knox, Kentucky.
The unit was attacked by enemy forces as they attempted to withdraw near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea. Following the battle, his remains could not be recovered. He was 18, the release said.
A newspaper clipping provided by the U.S. Army stated he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. L.R. Actkinson, who recently had moved from Sudan to Mineral Wells. Their son was a football player and boxer at Sudan High School and entered the U.S. Army in March 1949.
When Actkinson arrived in Korea on Sept. 8, 1950, he was a cook, the article stated.
Actkinson’s remains were turned over by North Korea on July 27, 2018. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency officially identified his remains Oct. 1 after using circumstantial evidence as well as anthropological, isotope and different types of DNA analysis.
Actkinson’s name is recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, along with the others who still are missing from the Korean War. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for, the release said.
A funeral service by Kiker-Seale Funeral Home in Colorado City, precedes interment.
More than 7,500 Americans remain unaccounted for from the Korean War, the release said.
This article originally appeared on Abilene Reporter-News: Remains of Korean War soldier to be interred in Colorado City
