The recently identified remains of a soldier, killed in the Korean War, are those of a Hardin County man. The Defense POW / MIA Accounting Agency says the remains of Army Private First Class Wilbur Thomas Tackett of Alger were accounted for on Aug. 9, 2019. That followed an analysis that took place after North Korea turned over 55 boxes of remains following a 2018 summit between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un. The agency says 18-year-old Tackett was reported missing on December 6th, 1950, when enemy forces attacked his unit near the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea. Tackett will be buried in his hometown of Alger, Ohio.
