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More than 60 years after a teenage soldier disappeared during a fierce Korean War battle, the DNA provided by one of his siblings has led to his remains being identified and returned to his upstate New York hometown for burial. 
  
 This undated photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense shows Army Pvt. George Conklin, a teenage New York soldier killed in the Korean War more than 60 years ago. Conklin's remains have been identified... (Associated Press) 
  
 A plane carrying the casket with George J. Conklin Jr.'s remains arrived Wednesday at the Rochester airport, where it was met by a military honor guard, family members and Patriot Guard motorcycle riders. A hearse then took the casket east to Conklin's hometown of Phelps, a rural Finger Lakes village of about 2,000 residents. 
  
 Over the last few miles, the route was lined with veterans, firefighters and residents paying tribute to Conklin. When the motorcade reached Cheney Funeral Home in Phelps, it was greeted by hundreds of people who fell silent as his casket was removed from the hearse. 
  
 "It was a phenomenal sight," said funeral home owner Peter Cheney. "It was amazingly silent. It was like a peace come over everybody." 
  
 Conklin was 17 when he went into the Army in 1949. He was a private first-class serving in the 7th Infantry Division's 31st Regimental Combat Team as it supported encircled U.S. Marines fighting their way out of the mountainous terrain near North Korea's Chosin Reservoir in early December 1950, when temperatures dipped far below freezing. Conklin was among a large contingent of American soldiers overrun by Chinese forces. He was reported missing, then listed as killed in action when the war ended in 1953. 
  
 His father died in 1991 and his mother three years later without knowing how he died or where he was buried. Conklin had two younger brothers: Ken, who died in 2009, and Carl, who died in April. 
  
 Nearly a decade ago, Carl gave a DNA sample to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, the Pentagon unit charged with finding and identifying missing U.S. military personnel recovered from overseas battlefields. In September 2004, a JPAC team recovered human remains and military material evidence at two sites near the Chosin Reservoir. Pentagon officials said Conklin's remains were identified in September at JPAC's laboratory in Hawaii through the DNA sample. 
  
 The news was greeted with happiness tinged with sadness that his brothers didn't live long enough see his remains returned to Phelps, said Karen DesCamp, Carl Conklin's daughter. 
  
 "Everybody was very happy and, of course, wishing it could have been years earlier," she said. 
  
 Conklin is one of several 31st Regimental Combat Team soldiers whose remains were recovered in 2004 and identified in recent years. 
  
 Conklin, who was promoted posthumously to corporal, will be buried next to his parents during a graveside service with full military honors Saturday morning at Resthaven Cemetery in Phelps. ||||| Buy Photo Eight-year-old Landon Ruder, left, and David Henderson, 10, of Boy Scouts Pack 469 salute during honor guard preparations Wednesday for the arrival of Army Cpl. George Conklin Jr. at Greater Rochester International Airport. Conklin was killed in the Korean War, and his remains were discovered in 2004. (Photo: Donyelle Davis/staff photographer )Buy Photo 
  
 The remains of an American soldier — reported missing nearly 63 years ago while fighting in the Korean War — finally returned home Wednesday. 
  
 A casket draped in the American flag, carrying Army Cpl. George Conklin Jr., of Phelps, Ontario County, was flown into Rochester and greeted with formal military honors. 
  
 Conklin was 18 when he went missing in early December 1950, following a battle in North Korea with Chinese forces, according to the Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel office. 
  
 In 2004, a Joint U.S./Democratic People’s Republic of Korea team surveyed the grounds where Conklin and his fellow members of Company 1, 31st Regimental Combat Team, had fought. The team discovered a mass grave filled with human remains wearing uniforms that belonged to U.S. infantry and field artillery personnel. 
  
 Evidence and forensic identification tools, including DNA from Conkin’s brother, were used to confirm his identity. 
  
 “I would encourage family members who haven’t given DNA yet, to please do so,” said Karen DesCamp, Conklin’s niece. “Look at this — 63 years later.” 
  
 DesCamp said her uncle will be buried with his parents, siblings and other family members in Phelps. 
  
 “It’s closure. He’s coming home,” DesCamp said. “It’s a blessing.” 
  
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– George Conklin was all of 18 when he got killed fighting in the Korean War in 1950. More than six decades later, the Army corporal is finally back home for burial in upstate New York, reports AP. His were among the remains recovered near North Korea's Chosin Reservoir in 2004, and a military lab recently identified Conklin thanks to a DNA sample given years ago by a now-deceased brother. “It’s closure," a niece tells the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. "He's coming home.” Conklin will be buried with full military honors on Saturday in Phelps, next to his parents. The teen enlisted at 17, was reported missing after the Chosin battle, then listed as killed in action when the war ended. Hundreds greeted his casket when it arrived in Phelps yesterday. "It was a phenomenal sight," says the funeral home owner. "It was amazingly silent. It was like a peace come over everybody."
Sammanfatta den här artikeln: Mer än 60 år efter det att en tonårig soldat försvann under ett våldsamt Koreakrig har DNA från ett av hans syskon lett till att hans kvarlevor har identifierats och återvänt till hans norra del av New York för begravning. Detta odaterade foto som tillhandahålls av USA:s försvarsdepartement visar Army Pvt. George Conklin, en tonårig New York-soldat som dödades i Koreakriget för mer än 60 år sedan. Conklins kvarlevor har identifierats... (Associated Press) Ett plan som bar kistan med George J. Conklin Jr.s kvarlevor anlände onsdag till flygplatsen Rochester, där det möttes av en militär hedersvakt, familjemedlemmar och Patriot Guards motorcykelcyklister. En likbil förde sedan kistan österut till Conklins hemstad Phelps, en lantlig Finger Lakes-by på cirka 2 000 invånare. Under de sista milen kantades rutten av veteraner, brandmän och invånare som hyllade Conklin. När bilkortegen nådde Cheney Funeral Home i Phelps hälsades den av hundratals personer som tystnade då hans kista avlägsnades från likvagnen. »Det var en fenomenal syn», sade begravningsbyråns ägare Peter Cheney. "Det var otroligt tyst. Det var som en fred över alla." Conklin var 17 år när han 1949 gick in i armén. Han var en privat förstaklass som tjänstgjorde i 7:e infanteridivisionens 31:a regementsstridsstyrka då den stödde omringade amerikanska marinsoldater som kämpade sig ut ur den bergiga terrängen nära Nordkoreas Chosin Reservoir i början av december 1950, då temperaturen doppade långt under fryspunkten. Conklin var bland en stor kontingent amerikanska soldater som invaderades av kinesiska styrkor. Han anmäldes saknad, då listad som dödad i strid när kriget slutade 1953. Hans far avled 1991 och hans mor tre år senare utan att veta hur han dog eller var han begravdes. Conklin hade två yngre bröder: Ken, som dog 2009, och Carl, som dog i april. För nästan ett decennium sedan gav Carl ett DNA-prov till Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, Pentagon-enheten som hade i uppdrag att hitta och identifiera saknad amerikansk militär personal som återfanns från utländska slagfält. I september 2004 återfann ett JPAC-team mänskliga kvarlevor och militära materialbevis på två platser nära Chosin Reservoir. Pentagons tjänstemän sa att Conklins kvarlevor identifierades i september på JPAC:s laboratorium i Hawaii genom DNA-provet. Nyheten hälsades med lycka tonande av sorg över att hans bröder inte levde tillräckligt länge för att se hans kvarlevor återvända till Phelps, sade Karen DesCamp, Carl Conklins dotter. "Alla var mycket glada och önskar naturligtvis att det kunde ha varit flera år tidigare", sade hon. Conklin är en av flera 31:a regementets stridsgruppssoldater vars kvarlevor återfanns 2004 och identifierades under senare år. Conklin, som postumt befordrades till korpral, kommer att begravas bredvid sina föräldrar under en gravtjänst med fullständiga militära hedersbetygelser lördag morgon på Resthaven Cemetery i Phelps. Köp foto Åttaårige Landon Ruder, vänster, och David Henderson, 10, av Boy Scouts Pack 469 salut under hedersvakt förberedelser onsdag för ankomsten av Army Cpl. George Conklin Jr. på Greater Rochester International Airport. Conklin dödades i Koreakriget, och hans kvarlevor upptäcktes 2004. (Foto: Donyelle Davis / personal fotograf)Köp Foto Resterna av en amerikansk soldat — rapporteras saknas för nästan 63 år sedan medan strider i Koreakriget — äntligen återvände hem onsdag. En kista draperad i den amerikanska flaggan, bärande Army Cpl. George Conklin Jr., från Phelps i Ontario County, flögs in i Rochester och hälsades med formella militära hedersbetygelser. Conklin var 18 år när han försvann i början av december 1950, efter en strid i Nordkorea med kinesiska styrkor, enligt Department of Defense POW/Missing Personal Office. År 2004 undersökte ett gemensamt amerikanskt/demokratiskt folkrepublikiskt folklag de områden där Conklin och hans kompanikamrater 1, 31:a regementsstridsstyrkan, hade kämpat. Teamet upptäckte en massgrav fylld med mänskliga kvarlevor som bar uniformer som tillhörde USA:s infanteri- och fältartilleripersonal. Bevis och rättsmedicinska identifieringsverktyg, inklusive DNA från Conkins bror, användes för att bekräfta hans identitet. — Jag skulle uppmuntra familjemedlemmar, som ännu inte givit DNA, att vara snälla och göra det, sade Karen DesCamp, Conklins systerdotter. — Se här — 63 år senare. sade DesCamp, att hennes farbror kommer att begravas tillsammans med sina föräldrar, syskon och andra familjemedlemmar i Phelps. — Det är avslut. Han kommer hem, "DesCamp sade. ”Det är en välsignelse.” Läs eller dela med dig av denna historia: http://on.rocne.ws/1hkDQDI Â°
Summarize this article: More than 60 years after a teenage soldier disappeared during a violent Korean war, DNA from one of his siblings has led to his remains being identified and returned to his northern part of New York City for burial. This undated photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense shows Army Pvt. George Conklin, a teenage New York soldier killed in the Korean War more than 60 years ago. Conklin's remains have been identified... (Associated Press) A plane carrying the coffin with George J. Conklin Jr.'s remains arrived Wednesday at the Rochester airport, where it was met by a military honor guard, family members and Patriot Guard motorcycle cyclists. A hearse then took the coffin east to Conklin's hometown of Phelps, a rural Finger Lakes village of about 2,000 inhabitants. During the last mile, the route was lined by veterans, firefighters and residents who paid tribute to Conklin. When the motorcade reached Cheney Funeral Home in Phelps, it was greeted by hundreds of people who silenced as his coffin was removed from the hearse. "It was a phenomenal sight," said the funeral home owner Peter Cheney. "It was incredibly quiet. It was like a peace over everyone." Conklin was 17 when he entered the army in 1949. He was a private first-class serving in the 7th Infantry Division's 31st Regimental Combat Force as it supported encircled U.S. Marines fighting their way out of the mountainous terrain near North Korea's Chosin Reservoir in early December 1950, when the temperature dipped well below freezing point. Conklin was among a large contingent of American soldiers invaded by Chinese forces. He was reported missing, then listed as killed in combat when the war ended in 1953. His father died in 1991 and his mother three years later without knowing how he died or where he was buried. Conklin had two younger brothers: Ken, who died in 2009, and Carl, who died in April. Nearly a decade ago, Carl gave a DNA sample to Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, the Pentagon unit tasked with finding and identifying missing U.S. military personnel recovered from foreign battlefields. In September 2004, a JPAC team recovered human remains and military evidence at two locations near Chosin Reservoir. Pentagon officials said Conklin's remains were identified in September at the JPAC laboratory in Hawaii through the DNA sample. The news was greeted with happiness with grief that his brothers did not live long enough to see his remains return to Phelps, said Karen DesCamp, Carl Conklin's daughter. "Everyone was very happy and of course wishes it could have been years earlier," she said. Conklin is one of several 31st Regiment combat group soldiers whose remains were recovered in 2004 and identified in later years. Conklin, who was posthumously promoted to corporal, will be buried next to his parents during a burial service with full military honors Saturday morning at Resthaven Cemetery in Phelps. Buy photo Eight-year-old Landon Ruder, left, and David Henderson, 10, of the Boy Scouts Pack 469 salute under honorary guard preparations Wednesday for the arrival of Army Cpl. George Conklin Jr. at Greater Rochester International Airport. Conklin was killed in the Korean War, and his remains were discovered in 2004. (Photo: Donyelle Davis / staff photographer)Buy Photo The remains of an American soldier — reportedly missing nearly 63 years ago while fighting in the Korean War — finally returned home Wednesday. A coffin draped in the American flag, carrying Army Cpl. George Conklin Jr., of Phelps in Ontario County, was flown into Rochester and greeted with formal military honors. Conklin was 18 when he disappeared in early December 1950, following a battle in North Korea with Chinese forces, according to the Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office. In 2004, a joint American/democratic People's Republican folk team investigated the areas where Conklin and his companymates 1, 31st Regimental Combat Force, had fought. The team discovered a mass grave filled with human remains wearing uniforms belonging to U.S. infantry and field artillery personnel. Evidence and forensic identification tools, including DNA from Conkin's brother, were used to confirm his identity. “I would encourage family members, who have not yet given DNA, to be kind and do so,” said Karen DesCamp, Conklin’s niece. — See here — 63 years later, DesCamp said that her uncle will be buried with her parents, siblings, and other family members in Phelps. — It's closure. He comes home, "DesCamp said. “It is a blessing.” Read or share this story: http://on.rocne.ws/1hkDQDI
– George Conklin var hela 18 år när han dödades i strider i Koreakriget 1950. Mer än sex decennier senare är Armékorpralen äntligen tillbaka hem för begravning i norra New York, uppger AP. Hans var bland de kvarlevor som hittades nära Nordkoreas Chosin Reservoir 2004, och ett militärlabb identifierade nyligen Conklin tack vare ett DNA-prov som gavs för flera år sedan av en nu avliden bror. — Det är avslut, berättar en systerdotter för Rochesterdemokraten och Chronicle. "Han kommer hem." Conklin begravs med militära hedersbetygelser på lördag i Phelps, bredvid sina föräldrar. Tonåringen som tog värvning vid 17 år rapporterades saknad efter Chosinstriden, då listad som dödad i strid när kriget slutade. Hundratals hälsade på hans kista när den kom till Phelps igår. "Det var en fenomenal syn", säger begravningsbyråns ägare. "Det var otroligt tyst. Det var som en fred över alla."
“George Conklin was 18 years old when he was killed in fighting in the Korean War in 1950. More than six decades later, the Army Corporal is finally back home for burial in northern New York, states AP. His was among the remains found near North Korea's Chosin Reservoir in 2004, and a military lab recently identified Conklin thanks to a DNA sample given several years ago by a now deceased brother. “It’s closure, a niece tells the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. "He's coming home." Conklin is buried with military honors on Saturday in Phelps, next to his parents. The teenager who enlisted at 17 years was reported missing from the Chosin battle, then listed as killed in combat when the war ended. Hundreds of them came to visit his coffin when it arrived at Phelps yesterday. "It was a phenomenal sight," says the funeral home owner. "It was incredibly quiet. It was like a peace over everyone."