Officials say the remains of a recently identified eastern Kentucky soldier who was killed in the Korean War will be interred in his hometown of Whitesburg.
The U.S. Army Human Resources Command at Fort Knox made the announcement on Tuesday.
In a statement, they said graveside services for Army Cpl. Donald L. Menken will be performed May 14 by Everidge Funeral Home in Whitesburg before interment at Green Acres Cemetery.
Menken was accounted for by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency on February 2 after his remains were identified using DNA analysis and other evidence.
He was 21 when he was reported missing on June 10, 1953, after being wounded by artillery shell fragments. Menken served with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division.
