On October 28, 2024, flags covered by the Illinois Flag Display Act will be flown at half-staff in honor and memory of of United States Army Corporal Eriverto Ortiz, who served with distinction as a member of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division during the Korean War.
Corporal Ortiz was killed in action at the age of 27 in September of 1950. His body could not be recovered due to the intense fighting in Pusan, South Korea, and was declared nonrecoverable by the US Army in 1956.
Through the relentless efforts of the U.S. Department of Defense's Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency, using dental, anthropological and mitochondrial DNA analysis, Corporal Ortiz was identified. He will be returned to his family on October 28, 2024, and will be buried with full military funeral and honors in Elgin, IL.
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