Missing Korean War veteran’s remains return to Ky.
La Center, Ky. (AP) – Army Cpl. William F. Day was reported missing in North Korea on Dec. 2, 1950. Nearly 64 years later, his remains have been brought home to Kentucky.
The Paducah Sun reports (http://bit.ly/1otTmkg) Day’s daughter, Gloria Shonrock, was only four years old when her father went missing.
She began searching in earnest for information about Day in 1992. His remains were eventually found among boxes of remains given to the U.S. by North Korea in the early 1990s.
DNA provided by Shonrock and her father’s niece helped with the identification.
Day’s remains flew to Nashville on Wednesday, where Shonrock, her husband and other family members met them and accompanied them to La Center. Day will be buried next to his mother on Monday in a service with full military honors.
