Remains of Korean War sergeant arrive home in Maryland

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Remains of Korean War sergeant arrive home in Maryland
By Julie E. Greene, The Herald-Mail
Apr 24, 11:04 AM
Veterans and authorities salute the late Sgt. Roy Charles DeLauter as the Maryland State Police stand by his casket after he arrived home in Washington County, Md., on Tuesday evening, April 19, 2021. (Julie E. Greene/The Herald-Mail via AP)

HAGERSTOWN, Md. — Tears accompanied family members’ feelings of long-awaited closure and happiness as long-missing Korean War veteran and Smithsburg resident Sgt. Roy Charles DeLauter’s remains arrived home in Washington County on April 19.

A procession of family and authorities, including Maryland State Police, the Maryland Transportation Authority Police from BWI, Army officials, and the Maryland Patriot Guard Riders escorted the hearse carrying DeLauter from Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport to Rest Haven Funeral Home and Cemetery. The plane departed Hawaii the day before.

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