Korean War soldier Private First Class Robert Wright will be laid to rest on December 9th in his hometown of Whitesville, Kentucky.
He was presumed dead fighting along a river in South Korea in 1950.
Due to the fighting, his body could not be recovered at that time.
The Defense POW/MIA accounting agency says the United States Army serviceman was accounted for back in August.
Conclusive DNA testing results, showed his remains were found after 72 years.
Wright’s sister and aunt left their DNA in hopes that he would be found some day.
Wright was 18 when he went missing.
