Q&A: America's missing GIs in North Korea

Questions and answers about the Korean War and the U.S. troops missing in action:

Fearing the conflict would expand into a broader war directly against China or the Soviet Union, the U.S. sought an armistice agreement, which was finally agreed upon in July 1953.

HOW MANY KOREAN WAR GIs ARE MISSING?

According to the U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, more than 83,000 Americans remain missing from World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, the Persian Gulf wars and other conflicts.