FORT KNOX, Ky. – The remains of U.S. Army Cpl. Marvin S. Patton, 20, who was killed during the Korean War, will be interred March 9, 2026, in the Southwest Virginia Veterans Cemetery in Dublin, Virginia.
In the summer of 1950, Patton was a member of Company B, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on July 5, in the vicinity of Osan, South Korea, where his unit was deployed to assist in halting the Korean People’s Army advancement into South Korea. The U.S. Army issued a presumptive finding of death for Patton on Jan. 16, 1956.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency accounted for Patton on Aug. 1, 2025.
For more information on DPAA’s efforts to locate and identify Patton, please visit: https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/ID-Announcements/Article/4281721/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-patton-m/
U.S. Army Human Resources Command’s Past Conflict Repatriations Branch plays a vital role in the process of identifying, locating and contacting subsequent generation family members of Soldiers missing or killed in action during WWII and the Korean War to positively identify previously undiscovered or unknown remains.
Media interested in covering and/or obtaining more information about the funeral and interment should contact Grubbs Funeral Home, 276-228-3101.