Long-lost Georgia Korean War veteran to be laid to rest in hometown
By FOX 5 Digital Team
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U.S. Army Cpl. Henry Lewis Helms (Catoosa County Government)
RINGGOLD, Ga. - After seven decades of being missing in action, a long-lost Korean War veteran will finally be laid to rest with full honors in Georgia this week.
The funeral service for U.S. Army Corporal Henry Lewis Helms is scheduled for Saturday afternoon at a chapel in Ringgold, Georgia.
Born in Alabama, Helms and his family moved to the Georgia town in the 1940s before he enlisted in the Army at the end of World War II. Helms reenlisted to fight in the Korean War, serving with Dog Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry, 7th Infantry Division.