The remains of a Decatur soldier killed during the Korean War and returned to central Illinois Monday will be interred Friday at Camp Butler National Cemetery in Springfield.
Family members of U.S. Army Cpl. Asa E. Bud Vance were on hand when his remains were taken from an airliner’s cargo hold at St. Louis’ Lambert International Airport. The cas was carried to a waiting hearse and escorted by an honor guard to Decatur.
Vance was reported missing in action on Dec. 2, 1950, in the vicinity of the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea, when his unit was attacked by enemy forces.
Memorial Day burial planned for Ohio Co. sailor killed at Pearl Harbor
Memorial Day burial planned for Ohio Co. sailor killed at Pearl Harbor By Jill Lyman | May 7, 2021 at 2:34 PM CDT - Updated May 7 at 11:10 PM
OHIO CO., Ky. (WFIE) - There are more details now for the funeral plans of a Ohio Co. man who died during the attack at Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
As we reported, the remains of Navy Fireman 3rd Class Welborn Ashby of Centertown were finally identified in November 2019.
After getting identified, Ashby will now come home to Centertown, Kentucky, for burial.
We’re told a service will be on Memorial Day, May 31, 2021 at Bevil Brothers Funeral Home in Beaver Dam.
By TIM HRENCHIR | The Topeka Capital-Journal | Published: May 4, 2021 TOPEKA, Kan. (Tribune News Service) Testing has identified the remains of a sailor from Rush Center in Rush County who died during the Pearl Harbor attack on Dec. 7, 1941. The remains of Navy Fireman 1st Class Harold E. Bates will be buried May 29 in Larned, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced in late April. Bates was accounted for on Feb. 5, that agency said in a news release. It indicated Bates, 27, was among 429 crewmen of the battleship USS Oklahoma who died when it sustained multiple torpedo attacks from Japanese aircraft, causing it to quickly capsize.
Historian Nanette Napoleon
Historian Nanette Napoleon told us about a Native Hawaiian soldier who fought for the United States Colored Troops; a Hawai‘i son who died in the Caribbean and remains buried there; and a rare confederate soldier.
Only one Native Hawaiian soldier who fought for the Union was buried at the cemetery. An American flag and Hawaiian inscription mark the gravestone of J. R. Kealoha, a private in the 41st United States Colored Infantry Regiment.
He died in 1877 but his grave remained unmarked until just a few years ago when Napoleon and others arranged for a marker.
There are records of other Native Hawaiians fighting in the war, but military recruiters often changed foreign names for official documents which makes tracking them a challenge.
Alabama soldier missing in Korea since 1950 finally accounted for
Updated Apr 30, 2021;
Posted Apr 30, 2021
Henry L. Helms died in late 1950 at the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea, according to the U.S. Army.
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The remains of an Alabama soldier who died during the Korean Conflict have been identified.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that Army Cpl. Henry L. Helms, 24, of Collbran, in DeKalb County, who was killed during the Korean War, was accounted for April 16.
He will be buried May 22 in Ringgold, Ga.
In late 1950, Helms was a member of Company D, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 2, 1950, when his unit was attacked by enemy forces near the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea. Following the battle, his remains could not be recovered.