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Recently, that promise was fulfilled for the 7th Infantry Division with the identification and reinterment of four Soldiers who lost their lives during the Korean War: Cpl. John Spruell ...

Army Cpl. Albert J. Estrada was a member of the 7th Infantry Division and fought at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir.

North Korea turned over 55 boxes with the purported remains of services members from the Korean War. Estrada's remains were ...

The military identified Phoenix native Sgt. Byron Brock's remains this year, resolving a question that lingered for ...

The remains of a Korean War Army veteran will be buried in a military ceremony at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies. After nearly 75 years, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) ...

A Korean War 75th anniversary ceremony will be held at Brevard College on June 21, featuring speakers and Korean food and ...

WASHINGTON — Five Korean War soldiers whose extraordinary heroism was not fully recognized at the time will be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor as part of a campaign to shine a light on ...

In his 2006 autobiography, “And I Haven’t Had a Bad Day Since: From the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress,” Rangel ...

PHOENIX — A Phoenix soldier who died during the Korean War in 1950 and ... 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. Records report that his unit was forced to retreat ...

The remains of a Massachusetts soldier who went missing during the Korean War in 1951 ... 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on April ...

7th Infantry Division, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said in a news release. He began service in July 1950, according to the Korean War Veterans Memorial Foundation. He was one of tens of ...