[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 26, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1059]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        CPL. EDWARD LEE BORDERS

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                           HON. JOHN SHIMKUS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 26, 2017

  Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor and tell the story of Army 
Reserve Corporal Edward Lee Borders, a soldier who gave his life for 
this country in the Korean War.
  Cpl. Borders served as a member of D Battery, 82nd Anti-Aircraft 
Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, supporting South Korean 
Army attacks against units of the Chinese People's Volunteer Forces 
(CPVF). On February 11, 1951, the DPAA report shows that the CPVF was 
able to force the South Koreans to withdraw and leave the Support Force 
21, which included Borders' unit, behind at Changbong-ni.
  Cpl. Borders was reported as missing in action on February 13, 1951, 
when he did not report with his unit in Wonju. Three years later, he 
was declared dead, but his body was never identified. Cpl. Border's 
father put up a monument in a Harrisburg, Illinois cemetery with the 
hope of someday laying his son to rest.
  For 66 years, the family could not glean any further information, 
despite consistent investigations from Borders' father and stepmother. 
However, recently Army Reserve Cpl. Edward Lee Borders' body was 
finally identified from the remains returned to the United States from 
North Korea between 1990 and 1994. Per his family's request, his 
remains are returning home to Illinois. After receiving plane-side 
honors, Cpl. Borders will be escorted to his final resting place by an 
honor guard and members of the Patriot Riders.
  The Borders family will bury Cpl. Borders on July 29 in Harrisburg, 
Illinois, where he will receive a service with full military honors. 
Finally, the Borders family will be able to honor Army Reserve Cpl. 
Edward Lee Borders by laying him to rest at the monument placed in his 
name, thereby fulfilling the 66-year-old wish of a father to bury his 
son.
  I am proud to acknowledge the Borders family for their love for our 
country and their family, and I thank Cpl. Edward Lee Borders for his 
service and his sacrifice.

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