Remains of World War II and Korean War vets recently identified return home to Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The remains of two Arkansas veterans killed in World War II and the Korean War have been found and returned to the state.

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports Army Pfc. Robert Mitchell of Searcy and Marine Pfc. Larry Roberts of Damascus were among the about 80,000 service members still unaccounted for from the two wars.

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, which identifies remains of American military members killed in action, matched DNA from the remains of Mitchell and Roberts to their relatives.

Mitchell's remains were found in 1952 in South Korea, but it took more than 60 years to positively identify them. Roberts' remains were discovered in 2015 at a burial site on Betio Island.

Mitchell was buried in Beebe on Saturday. Roberts is expected to be buried Wednesday at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

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