A burial service is set for a U.S. Army soldier who died while fighting in North Korea in 1950.
Army Corporal James C. Rix, 18, a native of Alamo, Georgia, will be buried with full military honors on Saturday, at Union Springs Baptist Church Cemetery in his hometown.
Rix was a member of Company E, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, when he was killed during heavy fighting against Chinese forces in the vicinity of North Pyongan Province, North Korea on Nov. 30, 1950.
His remains were initially interred as an Unknown at both the United Nations Military Cemetery (UNMC) Pyongyang, North Korea in 1950 and then at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu in 1954.
In June 2017, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) disinterred the remains for identification and Rix was identified and accounted for on Feb. 8, 2019.
To positively identify Rix’s remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial and material evidence. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.
For more information about this service, contact Townsend Funeral Home, Alamo, Georgia, 478-272-3311.
For more information about U.S. Army Human Resources Command, visit: www.hrc.army.mil