Skeens, Cpl. Lonald D.

Nov. 17, 2014 Soldier Missing From Korean War Accounted For The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing from the Korean War, were recently identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Army Cpl. Lonald D. Skeens, 19, of Denver, Ky., will be buried Nov. 30, in Paintsville, Ky. On...
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Smith, Cpl. Leland F.

Dec. 4, 2014 Soldier Missing From Korean War Accounted For The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing from the Korean War, were recently identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Army Cpl. Leland F. Smith, 18, of Angola, Ind., will be buried Dec. 8, in Angola, Ind. On the...
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La Rossa, Pfc. Anthony R.

Dec. 8, 2014 Soldier Missing from Korean War Accounted For The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. soldier, missing from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Army Pfc. Anthony R. La Rossa, 18, of Brooklyn, N.Y., will be buried Dec. 15, 2014, in Farmingdale,...
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Hannah, Sgt.1st Class Gordon L.

Dec. 29, 2014 Soldier Missing from Korean War Accounted For The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. soldier, unaccounted for from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Army Sgt.1st Class Gordon L. Hannah, 27, of Grand Rapids, Minn., will be buried Jan. 7, 2015,...
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Oscar Cortez: We almost came home.

November 24, 2014 It was this time of the year when we were preparing to come home. Our 2nd Infantry Division was at Kunuri in North Korea and the South Korean soldiers already had been sent to their South Korean Army. We hadn’t had a firing mission in some time and we were thinking what Gen McArthur had said, “that by the end of this year we’ll be going back home”. And...
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