[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 6 (Monday, January 10, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E15]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               RECOGNIZING THE LIFE OF PFC JIMMY ROWLAND

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                            HON. TRENT KELLY

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 10, 2022

  Mr. KELLY of Mississippi. Madam Speaker, I rise today to celebrate 
the life of Private First Class Jimmy Rowland of Baldwyn Mississippi 
who was reported missing in action during the Korean War. In 1956, his 
remains were declared nonrecoverable. In November of 2021, Rowland's 
family was informed his remains were accounted for and will be brought 
back to Baldwyn for burial and a full military funeral.
  In July of 1950 Jimmy Rowland, at 19 years old, came under heavy fire 
fighting North Korean forces at the Kum River north of Taejon, South 
Korea. He was a member of the Heavy Mortar Company, 19th Infantry 
Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was reported wounded and then 
missing in action on July 16 and was dropped from his unit's rolls on 
August 16, 1950. In February of the next year, four sets of remains 
were found at the foot of a bridge west of the Seoul-Taejon main supply 
route. Three individuals were identified as members of the 19th 
infantry regiment but the fourth was not identified. These remains were 
designated as Unknown X-418 Tanggok, His remains, along with all other 
unidentified soldiers killed in the Korean War, were transported to the 
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.
  In July of 2018, anthropologists and historians from the Defense POW/
MIA Accounting Agency planned to identify the 652 Korean War casualties 
that remained unknown. On March 4, 2019, Rowland's remains were 
disinterred and transferred to the DPAA Laboratory at Joint Basse Pearl 
Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Using dental and anthropological analysis as 
well as circumstantial evidence, scientists identified Jimmy Rowland.
  Though many have passed on, it is expected 20 to 30 of Jimmy's family 
members will be in attendance at his funeral on Saturday. The Baldwyn 
community is grateful to honor Jimmy nearly 70 years after he was 
declared missing in action. Though thousands of casualties from the 
Korean War remain unidentified, I am thankful that one Mississippi 
soldier will return home to be honored by his family and community. I 
am grateful for the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and 
express my most sincere condolences to Jimmy's family, friends, and 
loved ones.

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