One Brick Short

U.S. Army Cpl. Librado Luna, of Taylor, Texas will be buried at home on Nov. 25 in Taylor, nearly 58 years to the day since he was last seen in a Korean War battle against the Chinese army.

Cpl. Luna’s remains were found 10 years ago by a North Korean girl playing near her school, according to the Department of Defense.  The site is where members of the 8th Army Ranger Company, of which Cpl. Luna was a member, fought as part of Task Force Dolvin. The team recovered human remains and non-biological material evidence.

Assigned to the 25th Infantry Division and attached to B Company, 89th Medium Tank Battalion as part of Task Force Dolvin, Cpl. Luna’s 8th Army Ranger Company was deployed on Hill 205 in Kujang County along the leading edge of the U.S. position. On November 25, the Chinese Army struck in force in what would become known as the Battle of the Ch’ongch’on River. The task force was forced to withdraw to the south. Of the 91 men only 22 made it to safety. Ten men, including Luna, went missing on November 26 near Hill 205.