--- title: "An Army medic was just returned to the US from the Chosin Reservoir" date: "2018-04-02" modified: "2020-10-22" authors: - name: "Blake Stilwell" job_title: "Editor-In-Chief, Air Force Veteran" link: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/authors/blake/" url: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/31st-regimental-combat-team-was-just-returned-to-the-us-from-the-chosin-reservoir/" categories: - "Army" - "History" - "War History" --- # An Army medic was just returned to the US from the Chosin Reservoir ![]() Corporal Jules Hauterman Jr. was part of the U.S. Army's 31st Regimental Combat Team at the Chosin Reservoir when they were overrun by counterattacking Chinese troops. --- Hauterman was 19 years old when he was among the 1,300 casualties of the 31st Regimental Combat Team. ![]() *Chinese troops prepare to assault the U.S. 31st Regimental Combat Team. (Chinese Military photo)* Since neither the Chinese nor North Koreans listed Hauterman in their official records as a POW and none of the repatriated POWs could remember the corporal, he was declared dead at the end of the Korean War in 1953. Hauterman's remains and those of other soldiers killed in action around the reservoir were actually repatriated to the U.S. after the war. Unfortunately at the time, he (at the time known as "Unknown X-15904") and many others were buried in Hawaii after being declared unidentifiable. [According to a report from the Associated Press' Mark Pratt](), Hauterman and many others were successfully identified by the Department of Defense's POW/MIA Accounting Agency. In Cpl. Hauterman's case, they used his dental records. Hauterman was a medic with the Medical Platoon, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, attached to the 31st Regimental Combat Team. The RCT occupied the east side of the Chosin River. ![]() *A gunner with 31st Regimental Combat Team in Korea. (National Archives)* For three days and four nights, the unit battled the 80th Division of the Chinese People's Volunteer Forces. Then they tried to fight their way to the Marines in the South at Hagaru-ri, but their entire column was destroyed. No one from Jules Hauterman's family is still alive, unfortunately, but he will be buried in his family plot in Holyoke, Massachusetts. There are 7,757 U.S. troops still unaccounted for from the Korean War. To learn more about how the DoD's POW/MIA Accounting Agency tracks America's POWs and MIAs, check out the video below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkxi644lb9c ## Author Blake Stilwell is We Are The Mighty's Editor-in-Chief, covering military news, entertainment, and history, along with veteran education, employment and entrepreneurship. He is a former U.S. Air Force combat cameraman with degrees in Graphic Design, Television and Film, International Relations, Public Relations, Business Management and Middle Eastern Affairs. After leaving the military, he began working in film and television production in New York and Los Angeles, work that included ABC News, NBC Olympics, and HBO Sports. He then spent two years in Washington with White House Communications, before joining the Near East Foundation. At NEF he served as an International Development Fellow, then Communications Officer, and finally, Media Officer for the Middle East and Africa. Based in the Palestinian Territory, he coordinated strategic communications between eight country offices, international media, and government and NGO partners. He began a career focused on writing and editing in 2015 with We Are The Mighty. He left in 2019 for Military.com, but returned as Editor-in-Chief in 2025. Blake’s work has been seen on CBS News, Fox News, CBC, The Chicago Tribune, Task & Purpose, Military Times, Recoil, Skillset, American History, and was shockingly even used in a Supreme Court argument. He is an avid traveler and small business owner in Ohio, where he spends most of his energy fixing up a very old house. ### Author social links [Facebook]() [Twitter]() [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]()