Remains of soldier missing since Korean War finally laid to rest

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stripes.com 02 Apr '12, 8am

Remains of soldier missing since Korean War finally laid to rest

The body of a U.S. soldier missing in action during the Korean War has been laid to rest, more than a decade after his remains were recovered by a U.S. team. Army Sgt. William E. Brashear was finally laid to rest Saturday, said the Defense Department’s POW/Missing Personnel Office. The soldier, who was 24 at the time of his death, was buried in his hometown of Owensboro, Ky., according to the release. In November 1950, Brashear, of Company B, 70th Tank Battalion, along with almost 600 other 8th Cavalry Regiment soldiers, was killed during a battle south of Unsan, North Korea, the U.S. military said. Their bodies were not able to be recovered at the time and were likely buried on the battlefield by Chinese or North Korean forces. Military investigators discovered a mass grave in Unsan in 2000 but were unable to identify the remains until new DNA analysis technology became a...

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