MS SC604

Pays tribute to PFC Jimmy Rowland of Baldwyn, Mississippi, who was reported Missing In Action on July 16, 1950, while fighting along the Kum River north of Taejon, South Korea, as part of the 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division

PFC Rowland enlisted in the U.S. Army on December 15, 1948, and his remains were among four sets recovered in February 1951, but he could not be identified at that time and was buried as Unknown at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl) in Honolulu

His remains were disinterred on March 4, 2019, as part of the Korean War Identification Project, and scientists from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency successfully identified him

Funeral services with full military honors were held on January 15, 2022, with burial at Asbury Cemetery in Baldwyn, Mississippi, with U.S. Representative Trent Kelly officiating

Extends the Legislature's deepest sympathy and respect to PFC Rowland's surviving family, including his sister-in-law Dorothy Rowland and brother-in-law Flavis A. "Bill" Bishop