[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 148 (Monday, November 15, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1890]
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  IN HONOR AND REMEMBRANCE OF UNITED STATES ARMY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS 
                            JAMES C. KONYUD

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, November 15, 2010

  Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor and remembrance of 
United States Army Private First Class James C. Konyud, who 
courageously and selflessly rose to the call to duty and made the 
ultimate sacrifice in service to his country.
  Pfc. Konyud was drafted into the U.S. Army and became a member of the 
121st Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division-K Company. In 1943, he 
was twenty-six years old when he travelled from Cleveland, Ohio to 
Germany during World War II. Two years later, after heavy combat in the 
Huertgen Forest in Germany, near Belgium, Pfc. Konyud was reported 
missing in action. He was declared dead one year later. Pfc. Konyud's 
remains, including his military identification tags, were finally 
located three years ago by a German explosive-ordinance team working 
near the Belgian border where he was last seen. American POW/MIA 
Command Teams were dispatched to Germany, and with the help of local 
farmers, discovered military equipment and a second set of Pfc. 
Konyud's identification tags. Sixty-seven years after travelling to 
Europe to serve our nation, Pfc. Konyud was finally flown home.
  George Konyud, the youngest of nine brothers and sisters and Pfc. 
Konyud's only surviving sibling, gathered with family members and more 
than one hundred mourners on Saturday, September 25th at Calvary 
Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio, to pay their final respects and to honor 
the life and sacrifice of Pfc. James Konyud. He was buried with full 
military honors.
  Madam Speaker, and colleagues, please join me in honor and 
remembrance of U.S. Army Private First Class James Konyud, whose 
service to our nation will be forever honored and remembered. Although 
sixty-seven years have passed, the memory of Pfc. Konyud will continue 
to live on within the hearts and memories of our entire community.

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