After 54 years, soldier's remains identified

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FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina (AP) -- The remains of a soldier killed 54 years ago have been identified by the military.

Edmund "Teddy" Lilly III, 22, of Fayetteville died September 3, 1950 in the one of the most violent battles of the Korean War, the battle of the Pusan Perimeter.

Lilly's remains were identified from those of about 1,000 soldiers buried in Punchbowl Cemetery in Honolulu, Hawaii, using DNA samples taken from his sisters. Fewer than five servicemen from the cemetery have been identified, according to the Pentagon's POW/MIA Office.

"I think this gives us a very warm feeling to know a part of him will be back in Fayetteville," said Tori Lilly MacMillan, Lilly's younger sister.

Lilly graduated in June 1950 from the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, married a few days later and left for Korea within five weeks.

Lilly's remains will be buried at a family plot next to his father.

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