SOLDIER MISSING IN ACTION FROM KOREAN WAR IS IDENTIFIED

Defense Prisoner of War/ Missing Personnel Office ^ | Nov. 17, 2008 | Staff

[Stonewall Jackson]

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.

He is Cpl. Librado Luna, U.S. Army, of Taylor, Texas. He will be buried on Nov. 25 in Taylor.

Representatives from the Army's Mortuary Office met with Luna’s next-of-kin to explain the recovery and identification process, and to coordinate interment with military honors on behalf of the Secretary of the Army.

In late November 1950, Luna was assigned to the 8th Army Ranger Company, 25th Infantry Division, then attached to B Company, 89th Medium Tank Battalion as part of Task Force Dolvin. The 8th Army Ranger Company was deployed on Hill 205 in Kujang County along the leading edge of the U.S. position. On November 25, the Chinese Army struck in force in what would become known as the Battle of the Ch’ongch’on River. Task Force Dolvin, including the 8th Army Ranger Company, was forced to withdraw to the south. Of the 91 men from B Company, 89th Medium Tank Battalion and the 8th Army Ranger Company, only 22 made it to safety. Ten men, including Luna, went missing on November 26 near Hill 205.

In 1998, a joint U.S.-Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (D.P.R.K.) team, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), excavated a burial site in Kujang County where a girl had uncovered possible American remains on a hill near her school. The site correlates with the area where members of the 8th Army Ranger Company fought as part of Task Force Dolvin. The team recovered human remains and non-biological material evidence.

Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA in the identification of Luna’s remains.

For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1420.

[Stonewall Jackson]

Another of America's sons is returned to her after far too long.

[Stonewall Jackson]

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[littlehouse36]

Welcome home.

[5thGenTexan]

Thank you Cpl. for your honorable sacrifice. May we prove worthy of it.

I pray that this brings closure and some sense of peace for his family. They have paid a high price for us all.

[Mr. Silverback]

Welcome home, hero proved.

[unkus]

Welcome home.

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Well said.

[SouthTexas]

Welcome home and thank you.

[Kathy in Alaska]

TAPS

RIP Cpl Librado Luna
Welcome home

Amazing Grace

[bamahead]

Welcome home, brave warrior.

[LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot]

Rest In Peace. A grateful nation loves you.

[DakotaRed]

Welcome home, Cpl. Librado Luna. May you rest in eternal peace and your loved ones find comfort in knowing you did your duty with honor.

I salute you, sir.

[tioga]

RIP.

[afnamvet]

Welcome Home

[Aquakat]

Stonewall,

PGR is on it.
Thanks

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[Mr. Jazzy]

Welcome home, trooper.

Thank you and your family for all of your sacrifices.

Rest in peace.

[bmwcyle]

Hand Salute...................two

[proudmilitarymrs]

Welcome home Cpl. Librado Luna. Prayers for your family.

Thank you for your ultimate sacrifice.

mrs

[Travis T. OJustice]

Welcome home, Cpl. Librado Luna.

I love hearing news like this, that another of our boys is coming home for good, but damn, it makes reading tough for a bit, asd the monitor always gets all blurry.

Thank you for running this ping list and having me on it.