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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nHondo told us last January<\/a> that Sergeant First Class Peter Simon’s earthly remains had been identified by DPAA. Cleveland Plain Dealer<\/a> reports that he arrived in Ohio today for his final rest on Saturday. <\/p>\n A veteran of World War II, SFC Peters was killed in Korea as a member of G Company, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division on September 5, 1950 during the defense of the Pusan Perimeter.<\/p>\n He was born in Grindstone, Pennsylvania, in 1915, the son of John and Elizabeth Simon, with six siblings (all deceased now). The family later moved to Northeast Ohio.<\/p>\n Simon’s niece, Dolores Soltesz, of Maple Heights, was contacted by the Defense POW\/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) earlier this year with news that her uncle had been identified.<\/p>\n “I was oldest living relative,” she said. “It was a big shocker. I couldn’t believe it. After 68 years of him being dead, it was a very big surprise to me.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Graves Registration personnel were guided to his initial grave by a Korean peasant and he was marked as Unknown X-1085 until January this year when he was identified while DPAA were trying to identify other remains. <\/p>\n Ms. Soltesz is laying her uncle near her planned final resting place;<\/p>\n “I certainly am so happy,” she added. “I’m glad I lived long enough to see him brought back to the country that he served. I never thought they would find him.”<\/p>\n Soltesz said she chose All-Saints Cemetery for his burial because “I’m putting him where I’m going, so he’ll be where I’m at.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"