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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) The remains of an Eastern Kentucky solider killed during the Korean War have been identified, officials said.
The remains of Army Cpl. Burl Mullins, 23, of Dorton, were identified in April through DNA and anthropological analysis as well as circumstantial evidence, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said in a statement last week.
Mullins was reported as missing in action on Nov. 30, 1950, when his unit was attacked by enemy forces near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea, and it was later learned that he had been taken as a prisoner of war, the statement said. He was a member of Heavy Mortar Company, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division.
Ohio sailor killed at Pearl Harbor is identified, buried at Arlington
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A photo from the burial service of Navy Radioman 3rd Class Thomas E. Griffith, 20, of Dayton, who was killed during World War II, at Arlington National Cemetery. (Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency)
DAYTON, Ohio (Tribune News Service) After nearly 80 years, U.S. Navy Radioman 3rd Class Thomas E. Griffith has been laid to rest.
Griffith, 20, is a Daytonian who was killed during World War II. No longer unknown, he was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery on Friday, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said.
On Dec. 7, 1941 the day of the surprise attack against American naval forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii -Griffith was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island at Pearl Harbor, the agency said.
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