Remains of soldier killed in 1950 coming home
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — A U.S. Army corporal from Butler who was killed in 1950 in one of the Korean War’s decisive battles against the Chinese is finally coming home.
The family of Cpl. James T. “Tommy” Mainhart has known for decades that he died in 1950, in what has since become known as the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. But until December, when the U.S. Army came calling with the news that Mainhart’s remains had been positively identified using DNA, the family had little hope they would ever get to lay him to rest in Butler County.
Corporal Mainhart’s remains will be flown from Hawaii to Pittsburgh and accompanied by an honor guard before being transported from Pittsburgh to Butler, where the family plans to hold memorial services on April 8, at Thompson-Miller Funeral Home.
Following the services the family will bury Mainhart at the cemetery at Zion United Methodist Church in Sarver.
