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Georgia Soldier Laid to Rest 70 Years Later
After seven decades missing in action and presumed killed in action during the Korean War, U.S. Army Cpl. Henry Lewis Helms was brought home at last.
May 23, 2021
After being missing in action for seven decades and presumed killed in action while fighting in the Korean War, U.S. Army Corporal Henry Lewis Helms received full honors with funeral rites and burial in Ringgold, Georgia.
Funeral services were held Saturday, May 22 at 2:00 p.m. at the Wilson Funeral Home in Ringgold.
Born September 19, 1926 in DeKalb County, Alabama, Cpl. Helms and his family moved to Ringgold, Georgia during the 1940’s. Helms enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in the last year of World War II. Cpl. Helms reenlisted in the U.S. Army on August 12, 1948. During the Korean War Cpl. Helms served with Dog Company (D Co), 1st Battalion (Bn), 32nd Infantry (1/32INF), 7th Infantry Division (ID).
Long-lost Georgia Korean War veteran to be laid to rest in hometown
By FOX 5 Digital Team
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U.S. Army Cpl. Henry Lewis Helms (Catoosa County Government)
RINGGOLD, Ga. - After seven decades of being missing in action, a long-lost Korean War veteran will finally be laid to rest with full honors in Georgia this week.
The funeral service for U.S. Army Corporal Henry Lewis Helms is scheduled for Saturday afternoon at a chapel in Ringgold, Georgia.
Born in Alabama, Helms and his family moved to the Georgia town in the 1940s before he enlisted in the Army at the end of World War II. Helms reenlisted to fight in the Korean War, serving with Dog Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry, 7th Infantry Division.