Remains of soldier MIA since 1951 come home
The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Mar 24, 2012 11:17:45 EDT
CALUMET, Mich. — More than six decades after Army Pfc. Arthur Leiviska died in a Korean prisoner of war camp, the soldier will be buried with full military honors on Memorial Day at a cemetery in his hometown in the Upper Peninsula.
Leiviska’s remains were among those of more than 4,200 dead soldiers that were returned in 1954, but his weren’t identified until 2010. His relatives were located and notified over the past few months, The Daily Mining Gazette in Houghton reported Saturday.
Leiviska was 18 when he was reported missing in action in 1951.
His remains will be buried in Calumet at Lake View Cemetery, where a marker remembering Leiviska is already placed.
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