What Is The Bitter Story of One of the Korean War’s Last American Deaths?

On July 27, 1953, the Korean War came to an end—but not soon enough for one American Marine.

In the hours before warring nations signed the armistice that would end the Korean War, the doctors and Marines at the Easy Med hospital were keeping vigil over a wounded comrade. The medics had seen countless Marines die under their care, but this one was different. He would be the last. LIFE described the somber mood:

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