Remains of Vermont soldier killed in Korea to be returned

BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Department of Defence says the remains of a 20-year-old Vermont soldier killed in the Korean War in 1951 will be returned to the state for burial.

Army Cpl. George A. Perreault, of Burlington, was reported missing in action on Feb. 13, 1951, following an attack on his unit by the Chinese People’s Volunteer Forces in an area known as the Central Corridor in South Korea.

Perreault’s remains were among 208 boxes of comingled human remains returned to the U.S. between 1990 and 1994. His identity was confirmed by DNA tests of a sister and two nieces.

The remains will be buried in Burlington on May 13 with full military honours.

The Defence Department says 7,751 Americans remain unaccounted for following the Korean War.