ARLINGTON, Va.—The remains of a Nebraska serviceman who went missing during the Korean War have been buried at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C.
Services were held Friday for Sgt. 1st Class Patrick J. Arthur of Broken Bow. Friends and family gathered at the cemetery for the service and on Thursday at an Arlington funeral home to pay their respects.
The Defense Department has said Arthur was captured and taken to North Korea in May 1951. He died of malnutrition and disease in July 1951 and was buried near Pyongyang.
Scientists used DNA evidence and dental records to identify some of Arthur’s remains among boxes North Korea gave to the United States in the early 1990s.
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Information from: Lincoln Journal Star,
