ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY

Cpl. Luther Story, who was just 19 when he was killed during the Korean War and later was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, is finally coming home.

Story’s remains were accounted for April 6, 73 years after he was reported killed in action.

The news was announced April 26 in a joint statement from President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol as Yoon and his wife, Kim Keon Hee, are on a state visit to the United States.

The Defense Department is facing bipartisan political pressure to correct more than 1,000 errors on the Wall of Remembrance at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Several events honoring America’s veterans are scheduled for Nov. 11 in and around Washington, D.C.

Here’s a look at some key Veterans Day events and how to participate.

At 9 a.m., a ceremony at the National World War II Memorial will honor the more than 16 million men and women who served during World War II.

The Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., now features a Wall of Remembrance bearing the names of the fallen.

Unveiled on July 27, the 69th anniversary of National Korean War Armistice Day, the wall is inscribed with the names of more than 36,000 U.S. soldiers and over 7,000 Korean augmentees who fought alongside the Americans. 

The Korean War, sometimes referred to as “The Forgotten War,” was fought between June 25, 1950, and July 27, 1953. 

Retired Col. Ralph Puckett, a legendary and revered Army Ranger who fought in Korea and Vietnam, is the subject of the latest graphic novel in the Association of the U.S. Army’s series on recipients of the Medal of Honor. 

Medal of Honor: Ralph Puckett tells of Puckett’s actions as commander of the 8th Army Ranger Company during the Korean War, when he led his new unit to capture a frozen hilltop near the Chinese border and battled multiple counterattacks by a much larger enemy force.

Retired Maj. Gen. John Hemphill, a recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions in Korea and longtime volunteer leader with the Association of the U.S. Army, died May 21 at the age of 93.

Ernest West, who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Korean War, has died. He was 89.

A native of Russell, Kentucky, and honorary life member of the Association of the U.S. Army, West died May 1 at St. Mary's Medical Center in Huntington, West Virginia. 

On Oct. 12, 1952, West, a private first class with the 3rd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, volunteered to join a combat patrol near Sataeri, Korea, to look for an enemy outpost.