Army Corporal Larry M. Dunne comes home
Tom sends us the news that US Army Corporal Larry M. Dunne is on the last leg home after his capture in Korea in 1950 and he was declared dead in 1953. His earthly remains have been interred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii, known as the “Punchbowl” since 1954.
Dunn’s remains will fly into Huntsville International Airport around 8:45 a.m. They will then be taken to taken to Cullman Heritage Funeral Home, where they will lie in state Thursday and Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. so the community can pay their respects.
Dunn’s funeral will be Saturday at 11 a.m. He will be laid to rest with full military honors at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
The Patriot Guard Riders plan on being there for him.
From AL.com;
18-year-old…Army Cpl. Larry M. Dunn was a member of Company B, 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, when his unit was fighting through a roadblock that was heavily defended by enemy forces near Sonchu, North Korea on Dec. 1, 1950, according to the Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.
Dunn went missing during the battle.
According to the Department of Defense, Dunn never appeared on any list of the captured released by North Korea or the Chinese Communist Forces, nor did any repatriated Americans report that he was a fellow prisoner in any internment camp in North Korea.
Because of lack of information, the Army declared Dunn deceased as of Dec. 31, 1953.
Category: We Remember
Welcome home, Corporal.
Rest well.
So what did they bury?no record of capture, just disappeared?
It looks like he was declared MIA. His remains were actually recovered and buried as unknown in 1951 according to the story.
He was MIA and presumed to have possiblly been captured, but when the ChiComs and Norks Released Captives and names of those who died in Captivity in 1953 he wasnt on the list. He was declared KIA.
They simply didnt know if any of the bodies recovered were his.
Now they know and he is coming home.
RIP Corporal.
I hope his family takes some solace that his legacy includes a free and prosperous South Korea and that his sacrifice helped to secure that against forces of great evil. Rest in Peace.
Well said.
Welcome home soldier. Rest in peace now.
Welcome Home Brother
Rest Well
Salute
Welcome home to native soil, Corporal Dunn.
Corporal Dunne lost his mother when he was only eleven. Neither his Dad nor his siblings are alive today, but he has a many nieces and many nephews. The local funeral home has a very nice account and he will lie in state there for a day, where family will receive visitors.
Rest easy, soldier.
Welcome to your native home, Brother. You were gone but not forgotten.
Welcome home my brother from the Idianhead division. Sorry it took so long. Rest well now, we’ve got your watch.
Welcome home, Sir. Your Nation missed you. Although I’m too young to know you – you went missing back when my parents were still young children – I am still very grateful for your service for Freedom.
Rest in peace; you earned it.