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SOLDIERS MISSING IN ACTION FROM THE KOREAN WAR ARE IDENTIFIED
Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (Public Affairs) ^ | April 3, 2009 | Staff

Posted on 04/03/2009 4:51:40 PM PDT by Stonewall Jackson

SOLDIERS MISSING IN ACTION FROM THE KOREAN WAR ARE IDENTIFIED

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

They are Cpl. Samuel C. Harris, Jr., of Rogersville, Tenn; Cpl. Lloyd D. Stidham, of Beattyville, Ky.; Cpl. Robert G. Schoening, of Blaine, Wash; and one serviceman whose name is being withheld pending a briefing to his family. All men were U.S. Army. Harris will be buried April 10 in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C., Stidham will be buried April 13 in Nicholasville, Ky., and Schoening will be buried June 19 in Arlington. Representatives from the Army’s Mortuary Office met with these servicemembers’ 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.

These Soldiers were assigned to Company C, 65th Combat Engineer Battalion, 25th Infantry Division. On Nov. 25, 1950, Company C came under intense enemy attack when it was occupying a position near Hill 222 situated south of the Kuryong River east of the “Camel’s Head” bend, North Korea. The men were reported missing in action on November 27.

In 2000, a joint U.S./Democratic People’s Republic of Korea team, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), excavated a site overlooking the Kuryong River in P’yongan-Pukto Province where U.S. soldiers were believed to be buried. The team recovered human remains and non-biological evidence. One soldier who was also recovered there with this group, 1st Lt. Dixie Parker, was previously identified and buried in December 2007 in Arlington.

Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA and dental comparisons in the identification of these soldiers’ remains. Remains that could not be individually identified will be buried as a group in Arlington on a date to be determined.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; US: Kentucky; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: army; dod; jpac; korea; powmia
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Four more American servicemen have come home after far too long. Welcome home and thank you for your sacrifice.
1 posted on 04/03/2009 4:51:40 PM PDT by Stonewall Jackson
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To: Stonewall Jackson; Travis T. OJustice; E.G.C.; Aquakat; oh8eleven; beachn4fun; lakey; ...

Until They Are Home

If you want on or off my POW/MIA Ping List, please FReep Mail or Ping me.

2 posted on 04/03/2009 4:55:45 PM PDT by Stonewall Jackson (Put your trust in God; but mind to keep your powder dry. - Oliver Cromwell)
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To: StarCMC; Kathy in Alaska; Bethbg79; EsmeraldaA; MoJo2001; Brad's Gramma; laurenmarlowe; ...
'Lord, in heaven above,
receive these brave warriors in your loving arms.
Comfort their families in this time of sorrow.
Amen.

Cpl. Samuel C. Harris, Jr., of Rogersville, Tenn;
Cpl. Lloyd D. Stidham, of Beattyville, Ky.;
Cpl. Robert G. Schoening, of Blaine, Wash;
and one serviceman whose name is being withheld pending a briefing to his family.


3 posted on 04/03/2009 5:00:39 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Stonewall Jackson

Welcome home and thank you.

They’re on a roll. Prayers they stay busy.


4 posted on 04/03/2009 5:03:01 PM PDT by SouthTexas (When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people.....)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Ping for the fallen


5 posted on 04/03/2009 5:08:29 PM PDT by stockpirate (Welcome to fascist America.)
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To: Stonewall Jackson
Soldier rest, Gently pressed,
To the calm, Mother Earth's
Waiting breast;
Duty done, Like the sun:
Going West.

SEMPER FI SOLDER, GOD BLESS YOU

6 posted on 04/03/2009 5:16:56 PM PDT by Dubya (Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me)
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To: Stonewall Jackson

Welcome home faithful servants.


7 posted on 04/03/2009 5:24:35 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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To: Stonewall Jackson

Thank God.


8 posted on 04/03/2009 5:29:44 PM PDT by katiekins1 (i bow to no one)
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To: Stonewall Jackson

Imagine if you will this was your son.
The last full measure for a grateful nation.


9 posted on 04/03/2009 5:42:31 PM PDT by topfile
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To: Stonewall Jackson

They’ve been in Heaven longer than I’ve been alive and I’m 52 years old. God has always known where they were. Now their families do too.


10 posted on 04/03/2009 5:44:00 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (YES WE CAN have a Depression.)
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To: Stonewall Jackson; SandRat; stockpirate

TAPS

RIP

Cpl Samuel C Harris Jr - Rogersville TN
Cpl Lloyd D Stidham - Beattyville KY
Cpl Robert G Schoening - Blaine WA
Name withheld pending family briefing


Amazing Grace

11 posted on 04/03/2009 5:54:35 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: Stonewall Jackson

We worked with the DPRK on this?


12 posted on 04/03/2009 5:58:34 PM PDT by wastedyears (April 21st, 2009 - International Iron Maiden Day)
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To: Stonewall Jackson

Thank you for your sacrifices and God bless you all.


13 posted on 04/03/2009 6:12:55 PM PDT by unkus
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To: Stonewall Jackson
Image and video hosting by TinyPic GOD Bless... Image and video hosting by TinyPic
14 posted on 04/03/2009 6:23:13 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: Stonewall Jackson

Cpl. Samuel C. Harris, Jr.,Cpl. Lloyd D. Stidham,Cpl. Robert G. Schoening,and Un-named Serviceman. welcome home sons, may you rest in peace. Thank you for your ultimate sacrifice.

mrs


15 posted on 04/03/2009 6:39:20 PM PDT by proudmilitarymrs (Rush has given his first public address to the nation. What say ye now libs?)
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A war is not over, until all come home.

Welcome home, men. We've been waiting too long for you.

16 posted on 04/03/2009 6:48:07 PM PDT by llevrok (I would rather die, standing up and fighting, than to be on my knees, begging)
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To: Stonewall Jackson

prayers


17 posted on 04/03/2009 6:48:22 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
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To: Stonewall Jackson

May they rest in peace.


18 posted on 04/03/2009 7:16:37 PM PDT by knife6375 (US Navy Veteran)
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To: Stonewall Jackson
Image and video hosting by TinyPic

Above is a picture I took in Oct 2008 at Chipyong-ni, Republic of Korea. This view is taken from the foot of the hill in front of G Co. positions, in a former minefield, looking SW. In the middle of the picture you can see the utility poles that run along the road taken by Task Force Crombez as they broke in to relieve the encirclement in Feb. 1951.

The Chinese held the hills in the background of the photo. Every night, thousands of Chi-com troops came down off the hills and charged across the rice fields in the photo, only to be mown down by the brave men of the 2nd ID dug in along the inner perimeter that the U.S. troops (and the valiant French brigade)held around the village of Chipyong-ni. Our troops held out for three days at 10:1 odds and handed the Chinese their first major defeat of the war.

Lest you think Korea looks like it does on MASH, think again. I'd equate it to the Adirondacks or the Green Mountains of Vermont. Very rugged terrain and the hills are quite steep.

Glad to hear that our MIA's continue to be repatriated to the U.S.

My visit to Chipyong-ni was wonderful. The people there were very friendly and were quite impressed that I was interested in the Korean War and the battle that was fought around their village. South Korea is a vibrant country and the sacrifices of our miltary were well-rewarded.

19 posted on 04/03/2009 8:48:59 PM PDT by Panzerfaust
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To: Stonewall Jackson

Prayers for their eternal rest...


20 posted on 04/03/2009 10:22:11 PM PDT by BlessedBeGod (PO_ _S Obama -- the federal Blagojevich.)
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