[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 10374]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  IN MEMORY OF CORPORAL FRANK SANDOVAL

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                          HON. JOAQUIN CASTRO

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 11, 2017

  Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in memory of Corporal 
Frank Sandoval, a Korean War veteran who was laid to rest at Fort Sam 
Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio today.
  Corporal Sandoval was taken as a prisoner of war and died in a North 
Korean POW camp when he was just 20 years old. His family was notified 
that he was missing in 1951, and told of his death in 1953. Sadly, at 
the time, Corporal Sandoval's remains were misidentified and interred 
at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii.
  Thankfully, through DNA analysis, the Department of Defense was 
recently able to correctly identify Corporal Sandoval's body, and he 
has returned home to San Antonio after more than 60 years.
  That Corporal Sandoval will now permanently rest in San Antonio 
provides his family with long-awaited closure. His sons, Alex and 
Frank, who were just babies when their father left to serve the United 
States overseas, have finally had the opportunity to welcome him home. 
I join the San Antonio community in wishing the Sandoval family well 
and honoring the return of a patriot who made the ultimate sacrifice 
for our nation.

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