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Flags at half-staff for Clinton Co, KY Korean War serviceman - SAT 18 Aug 2018

Bevin orders flags to half-staff Saturday in honor of Korean War serviceman, Private First Class Joe Stanton Elmore, 20, died on December 2, 1950 in Changjim County, Hamgyeong Province, North Korea. A member of Company A, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, PFC Elmore was one of approximately 2,500 U.S. and 700 Republic of Korea soldiers assigned to the 31st Regimental Combat Team, also known as Task Force MacLean and later as Task Force Faith. PFC Elmore was reported missing on December 2, 1950, following an engagement that occurred in the vicinity of the Chosin Reservoir.

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FRANKFORT - Gov. Matt Bevin has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff on Saturday in honor of a Kentucky serviceman who was killed in action during the Korean War but whose remains were only recently identified. The announcement was made by Bevin's office on Friday.

Funeral services for PFC Elmore will be held at 1pmCT, on Saturday, August 18, 2018, at Albany United Church of the Nazarene, 590 Nazarene Road, Albany, KY, with visitation from 3pm-5pmCT, Friday, August 17, 2018, today.



Private First Class Joe Stanton Elmore, 20, died on December 2, 1950 in Changjim County, Hamgyeong Province, North Korea. A member of Company A, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, PFC Elmore was one of approximately 2,500 U.S. and 700 Republic of Korea soldiers assigned to the 31st Regimental Combat Team, also known as Task Force MacLean and later as Task Force Faith. PFC Elmore was reported missing on December 2, 1950, following an engagement that occurred in the vicinity of the Chosin Reservoir.

The return home of Elmore's remains is the culmination of a 23-year-long effort to identify remains first repatriated by the People's Republic of Korea in 1995. The identification of repatriated remains often requires years, if not decades, of detailed examination and meticulous forensic analysis.

Bevin encourages individuals, businesses, organizations and government agencies to join in this tribute by lowering the flag in honor of PFC Elmore, the news release said.


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Flags a half staff for PFC. Joe Stanton Elmore, Albany, KY



2018-08-18 - First & Farmers National Bank Branch, 805 Russell Road , Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com.
Gov. Matt Bevin has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff on Saturday in honor of a Kentucky serviceman who was killed in action during the Korean War but whose remains were only recently identified. The announcement was made by Bevin's office on Friday, August 17, 2018.

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