Army Cpl. Joseph N. Pelletier, 20, of Berlin, New Hampshire,

Army Cpl. Joseph N. Pelletier, 20, of Berlin, New Hampshire, was buried March 28, 2017 in Arlington National Cemetery, near Washington, D.C. In early February 1951, Pelletier was a member of Headquarters Battery, 15th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, when his unit began supporting Republic of Korea (ROK) Army attacks against units of the Chinese People’s Volunteer Forces (CPVF) in an area known as the Central Corridor in North Korea. On February 11, the CPVF launched a massive counterattack against the ROK regiment causing them to withdraw, leaving the American units to fight the CPVF at Changbong-ni. The CPVF attacked the Americans on February 12, causing them to withdraw south to Hoengsong. They eventually moved to Wonju, but Pelletier never reported in. The U.S. Army declared him missing in action as of Feb. 13, 1951. He was accounted for through DNA and scientific analysis by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. (Photos by Staff Sgt. Kristen Duus, DPAA)