Headstones mark the graves at Arlington National Cemetery on Jan. 24, 2019.
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Remains of Korean War soldier from Pittsburgh confirmed
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The Associated Press
Tim Lambert / WITF
Headstones mark the graves at Arlington National Cemetery on Jan. 24, 2019.
(Pittsburgh) — Federal authorities say remains of an American soldier killed during the Korean War have been accounted for and will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Monday it verified the remains of 28-year-old Army 1st Lt. Robert C. Styslinger of Pittsburgh in August.
It says his remains were among 55 boxes turned over by North Korea in July 2018, after a summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jung Un.
Styslinger was reported to have been killed in action in November 1950 in North Korea.
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