Cpl. William R. Sluss US army 2nd ID Korea

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the
remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and
will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.


Army Cpl. William R. Sluss, 21, of Nickelsville, Va., will be buried Feb. 18, in Gate City,
Va. In late November 1950, Sluss and elements of the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division were attacked
by Chinese forces near Kunu-ri, North Korea. On Nov. 30, 1950, Sluss, along with many other
American soldiers, was listed as missing in action as a result of that heavy fighting. In 1953,
returning Americans who had been held as prisoners of war reported that Sluss had been captured
by the Chinese, and died in the spring of 1951 as a result of malnutrition while in a prisoner of
war camp in North Phyongan Province, North Korea.

http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/news/news_releases/2012/release_sluss.pdf

 

Welcome home soldier.

 

Ditto. RIP, Cpl. Sluss.