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News | April 19, 2017

Soldier Missing From Korean War Identified (Piper)

Army Pvt. Walter F. Piper has now been accounted for.



Piper, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, was reported missing in action, Feb. 13, 1951 in North Korea.



Interment services are pending.



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