Another Comes Home
DPMO has announced the identification of another US MIA from Korea.
SGT Charles L. Scott, C Company, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 31st Regimental Combat Team, US Army, was lost 2 December 1950 near the Chosin Reservoir. He was accounted for on 7 August 2013. He will be buried with full military honors on 5 September 2013 in Lynchburg, VA.
Welcome home, my elder brother-in-arms. Rest in peace.
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Category: No Longer Missing
Hondo,
Every time you welcome a brother home, you give me goose bumps. I’ll bet you offer great and sincere prayers. It’s a feeling I have…Thank you.
Rest In Peace, Mr. Scott. Godspeed, family.
Welcome home dear Brother. God bless your family.
Welcome home my brother in arms, you will never be forgotten, we all know where you were and what you did.
Semper Fi.
Hondo, Again, my sincere thanks for the post.
Sam Naomi
Welcome home, Sergeant…
Welcome home, SGT Scott.
Keep it up, Hondo.
Here are pictures of Sgt Charles L Scott’s funeral yesterday – https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.532178003537978&type=1