The remains of Army Cpl. Edward J. Smith, who was killed during the Korean War, will be interred Aug. 23 at Bethlehem Memorial Park, Bethlehem, Pa. Smith will receive full military honors.
Smith, a native of Allentown, Pa., was a member of Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action Aug. 31, 1950, at age 18, while fighting North Korean forces in the vicinity of Changnyong, South Korea.
Smith was accounted for by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency on May 15, 2024, after his remains were exhumed in June 2021 from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu — also known as the Punchbowl — for laboratory analysis and identification.