Vernon man identified among the remains from North Korea

President Trump yesterday identified the remains of a Jennings County man from those released to the U.S. by North Korea.

The president sent out a Tweet on Thursday identifying the recovered remains of two U.S. soldiers who served in the Korean War. One of them was Army Master Sgt. Charles H. McDaniel of Vernon who was 32 at the time of his disappearance. He was a medic and went missing in action Nov. 2, 1950.

In July, the North Korean government handed over American remains in 55 boxes. The boxes were then flown to a military laboratory in Hawaii for analysis and identification. At the time, McDaniels dog tag was among the remains found.

Also identified yesterday by the president was 19-year-old Army Private First Class William H. Jones, of Nash County, North Carolina.

A flag used during an August ceremony when those remains were returned to Hawaii, was presented to the Korean War Veterans Memorial in DC yesterday by Vice President Mike Pence. Pence said the Korean War Memorial is a reminder that freedom is not free.

About 7,700 service members from the Korean conflict remain unaccounted for.