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Korean POW/MIA Cpl. Lloyd D. Stidham Funeral In Kentucky
Posted on April 07, 2009
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Danny "Greasy" Belcher, Executive Director
Task Force Omega of KY Inc.
Vietnam Infantry Sgt. 68-69
"D" Troop 7th Sqdn. 1st Air Cav
Task Force Omega of KY will be leaving the BP/Days Inn parking lot in Mt.
Sterling, KY at 12:00 noon on Monday, April 13th to have a flag line on Rt. 27
approximately one mile before Camp Nelson in Jessamine County. Everyone
is welcome to go with us or meet us there. Remember if you are in the flag
line, do not get into the road or turn your back to oncoming traffic. Pull
well off the road as you arrive. Let's be safe and show honor to an American
POW/MIA returning home.
Korean POW/MIA CPL Lloyd D. Stidham from Beattyville, KY., whose remains
were returned, will have his funeral in Lexington, KY and burial at Camp
Nelson
National Cemetery which is on Rt. 27. Go south on Nicholasville Rd. (Rt. 27)
through Nicholasville and Camp Nelson is a mile or so south of
Nicholasville, KY
on the left before you get to the river.
Visitation: Monday 10:00 AM until 1:00 PM 13 April 2009
Kerr Brothers Funeral Home
3421 Harrodsburg Rd
Lexington, KY
Funeral: 1:00 PM Monday 13 April, 2009, also at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home.
Burial is at Camp Nelson National Cemetery, 6980 Danville Rd, Nicholasville,
KY
IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 216-09
April 03, 2009
Soldiers Missing In Action From The Korean War Are Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today
that the remains of four U.S. servicemen, missing in action from the Korean
War, have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial
with full military honors.
They are Cpl. Samuel C. Harris Jr., of Rogersville, Tenn; Cpl. Lloyd
D. Stidham, of Beattyville, Ky.; Cpl. Robert G. Schoening, of Blaine, Wash;
and one serviceman whose name is being withheld pending a briefing to his
family. All men were U.S. Army. Harris will be buried April 10 in
Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C., Stidham will be buried
April 13 in Nicholasville, Ky., and Schoening will be buried June 19 in
Arlington.
Representatives from the Army's Mortuary Office met with these
servicemembers' next-of-kin to explain the recovery and identification
process and to coordinate interment with military honors on behalf of the
secretary of the Army.
These soldiers were assigned to Company C, 65th Combat Engineer
Battalion, 25th Infantry Division. On Nov. 25, 1950, Company C came under
intense enemy attack when it was occupying a position near Hill 222 situated
south of the Kuryong River east of the "Camel's Head" bend, North Korea.
The men were reported missing in action on Nov. 27.
In 2000, a joint U.S./Democratic People's Republic of Korea team, led
by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), excavated a site overlooking
the Kuryong River in P'yongan-Pukto Province where U.S. soldiers were
believed to be buried. The team recovered human remains and non-biological
evidence. One soldier who was also recovered there with this group, 1st Lt.
Dixie Parker, was previously identified and buried in December 2007 in
Arlington.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence,
scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also
used mitochondrial DNA and dental comparisons in the identification of these
soldiers' remains. Remains that could not be individually identified will
be buried as a group in Arlington on a date to be determined.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to
account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO Web site at
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1169 or (703) 699-1420.
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