Global Courant 2023-05-20 03:25:24
A Memorial Day funeral has been planned for a United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient whose remains were identified nearly 73 years after he went missing during the Korean War.
Copl. Luther H. Story’s remains will be interred on the May 29 holiday at Andersonville National Cemetery near his hometown of Americus, Georgia, the military said in a statement Friday.
President Joe Biden announced last month that scientists had positively identified Story’s remains. The news coincided with a visit to Washington by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.
Story, 19, had been missing since September 1, 1950. The injured corporal was last seen fighting off North Korean attackers so his fellow soldiers could get to safety. His Medal of Honor citation says that Story was left knowing his injuries would slow down his fellow soldiers.
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The Army announced the remains of Cpl. Luther H. Story will be buried May 29 at Andersonville National Cemetery.
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“When last seen, he fired every available weapon and repelled another enemy attack,” the quote reads.
Story was posthumously awarded the nation’s highest military honor. The medal was presented to his father at a Pentagon ceremony in 1951.
On January 16, 1954, the Corporal was declared irrecoverable. His remains were still missing.
In June 2021, the US exhumed the remains of 652 unidentified Korean War victims who were buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii.
Among them were remains recovered in October 1950 in Sangde-po, South Korea. Scientists have successfully linked them to Story using DNA as well as dental and anthropological analysis.
