A soldier comes home: Did you know Remains of Korean War veteran, MIA since 1950, have been found and identified?

A soldier comes home: Did you know Remains of Korean War veteran, MIA since 1950, have been found and identified?

RP Members another Brother returned home - Rest In Peace!

Kenneth Stuck was found among some 322 bodies in a mass, trench-like grave outside North Korea’s notorious Camp 5 in Pyoktong, his brother says.

http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/a-soldier-comes-home-remains-of-korean-war-veteran-mia/article_76c2370e-99e2-11e5-b60e-87ddb83096d9.html

In 1950, Kenneth R. Stuck went to war.

More than 65 years later, he’s finally coming home.

“I am so elated. The thought of my brother coming home — it’s awesome,” says his brother, Clarence Stuck of Manheim.

“He was the greatest buddy you could ever have,” he adds, his voice crackling with emotion. “We were really close. ... I’m just glad he’ll finally be home.”

He pauses, considers the word and smiles broadly, repeating it with extra emphasis: “Home.”

Kenneth Stuck — “Kenny” to his younger brother — enlisted in the U.S. Army early in 1950 and was sent to fight in Korea. He served as a corporal with the 1st Cavalry Division, which was pinned down later that year by Chinese forces in the Wonsan River valley.

The Battle of Unsan, as it’s known today, was a devastating loss for American and UN troops. Multiple engagements, beginning on Oct. 25, 1950, in the North Pyongan province, resulted in heavy losses among the 1st Cavalry.

Kenneth Stuck was 24 years old when he was declared missing in action on Nov. 2, his brother says.

For decades, his fate remained unknown.

Years passed, and Clarence Stuck’s hopes that his brother might be found alive waned. But he still wanted his brother’s remains to be found, identified and sent home.

He needed that resolution.