dunmore1774 Posted June 7, 2015 Share #1 Posted June 7, 2015 Below is a snippet about the return of Sgt. John McLaughlin, Korean War USMC, Killed in Action. Korean War veteran, unidentified for decades, laid to rest in Pittsburgh http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/8479308-74/mclaughlin-pittsburgh-marine#axzz3cOEhbxmG Korean War veteran, unidentified for decades, laid to rest in Pittsburgh For 64 years, he was known only for being unknown. On Dec. 7, 1950, he was a body riddled with Chinese bullets hurriedly buried in an unmarked grave near North Korea's Choisin Reservoir. In 1954, his remains filled one of 25 “Operation Glory” boxes shipped from Korea to the Army's Camp Kokura in Japan. Marked as Unknown X-13693, his bones revealed only that he was 60 inches tall, of European descent and about 19 when he died. Two years later, he was interred in Grave 996 of Section U, Court 8 in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, known informally as Punchbowl Cemetery. That was his identity until 2012, when medical detectives from the Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office at the Air Force's nearby Hickam Field ordered the exhumation of his and seven other bodies, two of which turned out to be the remains of Koreans. On Jan. 29, he became a hypothesis. After nearly three years in the lab, investigators believed that they matched his teeth and clavicle to the dental and x-ray records of a Marine missing in action at Choisin. They called Dr. Marcella H. Sorg, a forensic anthropologist at the University of Maine, for a second opinion. Her decision officially gave the nameless man a name: Sgt. John McLaughlin, an infantryman in D Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. The North Side native died while rallying his encircled squad during brutal fighting. His selfless heroism posthumously earned him the Bronze Star Medal for valor. Read more: http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/8479308-74/mclaughlin-remains-family#ixzz3cOGc4FMh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted June 7, 2015 Share #2 Posted June 7, 2015 Welcome home, Marine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobgee Posted June 7, 2015 Share #3 Posted June 7, 2015 Semper Fi........Welcome Home, Sgt. McLauglin. R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly USMC Posted June 8, 2015 Share #4 Posted June 8, 2015 RIP Marine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mes Posted June 10, 2015 Share #5 Posted June 10, 2015 Welcome home brave marine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarbridge Posted June 11, 2015 Share #6 Posted June 11, 2015 God Bless... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katieony Posted June 11, 2015 Share #7 Posted June 11, 2015 RIP Marine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KySoldier Posted June 13, 2015 Share #8 Posted June 13, 2015 GOD bless him and keep him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pchepurko Posted June 14, 2015 Share #9 Posted June 14, 2015 Rest in Peace, Marine. You are home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted June 17, 2015 Share #10 Posted June 17, 2015 It's wonderful that so much effort is expended to identify these brave souls. Rest in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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