Alvind Thurman News Today

Pentagon officials say the recovery and identification of U.S. service members lost during the Korean War is being hindered by North Korea.

TITUSVILLE — As part of the PACT Act, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has expanded health care eligibility for certain veterans who were discharged after Sept. 11, 2001,

The DPAA said scientists used multiple forensic methods to identify the remains of Army Pvt. Alvin D. Thurman, who was believed to be killed in late 1951 in an area that is now the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea.