Frozen Chosin yields two Virginians
Two Virginians are back at home after spending almost six decades in North Korean soil.
U.S. Army Capt. Edward B. Scullion of Norfolk, and Pfc. Elwood D. Reynolds of Schoolfield, were killed in action at the Chosin Reservoir in November 1950. Pfc. Reynolds will be buried April 18 in Danville, Va., and Capt. Scullion will be buried this summer in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C.
Both men were members of A Company, 32nd Infantry Regiment, then attached to the 31st Regimental Combat Team (RCT), 7th Infantry Division. The team was beleagured and nearly destroyed by superior numbers of Chinese soldiers who swarmed the reservoir from Nov. 27 to Dec. 1, 1950. Both soldiers died in late November as result of intense enemy fire, but the resulting rout of American forces and forced withdrawal made it impossible to recover their bodies.
Between 2002 and 2005, U.S. and North Korean search teams excavated three burial sites near the Chosin Reservoir that were close to the defensive positions held by the 31st RCT at the time of the Chinese attacks. The teams recovered remains there believed to be those of several other U.S. servicemen. Analysis of the remains recovered from the sites led to the identification of 10 individuals, including Scullion and Reynolds.
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