Rhode Island soldier who died during Korean War accounted for
An examination of remains disinterred from a national cemetery confirmed the identity of Lawrence J. Robidoux, who starved to death in a POW camp.
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An examination of remains disinterred from a national cemetery confirmed the identity of Lawrence J. Robidoux, who starved to death in a POW camp.
The body of Sgt. Lawrence Robidoux, an Army sergeant form Rhode Island, was identified using DNA analysis. The sergeant died of starvation in a POW camp in 1951.
Sgt. Lawrence J. Robidoux, 22, of Cumberland, R.I., will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery on a date to be determined, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said in a statement.
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