An Army sergeant from Rhode Island who was captured during the Korean War and died of starvation in a POW camp in May 1951 has been accounted for, news his family has been waiting to hear for years.
Sgt. Lawrence J. Robidoux 22, of Cumberland, was accounted for in January after his remains were identified using mitochondrial DNA, dental and anthropological analysis and his family was recently briefed on the identification, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.
“Hallelujah!" Couture said, describing the family's reaction when they found out Robidoux's remains had been identified. “That’s kind of what everyone was hoping for, that he would be identified prior to Mom passing.”Sign up for NECN newsletters.
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