Remains of US soldier who went missing during Korean War are identified

Four former POWs reported in 1953 that Mr Puopolo had died at a POW camp in February 1951

Corporal Joseph Puopolo is believed to have died in a prisoner of war camp in 1951 (US Defence Department via AP)

An American soldier who went missing during the Korean war and was later reported to have died in a prisoner of war camp has been identified using modern scientific techniques, military officials said.

The remains of Army Corporal Joseph J Puopolo, 19, of East Boston, Massachusetts, will be buried in Malden, near Boston, at a date to be determined according to a statement Friday from the Defence POW/MIA Accounting Agency.