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Cleveland native John Paul Ryhter was reported missing in action in Korea on Dec. 1, 1950.Remains were recovered in 1954 but couldn’t be identified. They were exhumed in 2019, and in April of this year, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency identified the remains of Sgt. Ryhter using DNA and other means. Finally accounted for, and coming home.
His name is now permanently inscribed on the 'Courts of the Missing' at the Honolulu Memorial. Since he has been accounted for and will rest in a known gravesite, a rosette will be placed next to his name on the Court of the Missing.Survived by five nephews and a niece, John Paul Ryhter, who died at the age of 22 almost three-quarters of a century ago, will be buried with full military honors in Bedford Sept. 20. Visitation is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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