at 10 o'hare harco hangar to get the fat to a coffin of american then over half a century since chester roper korean battlefield. fell into enemy hands. after years of anguished, roper's surviving family welcomes him home. . >> my grandmother always told us about him. we knew him. we-never met him. the amount the connection named after her missing ogle. told a shield to were dying day. just months ago suffering from alzheimer's got the stunning news that the defense apartment had identified the remains. then she passed away. . >> i told her and she smiled but i do not know if that meant anything. but she did smile. the family still keeps the metals of the highly decorated soldier it is a source of pride for the surviving relatives. many of the impala the legacy of service by joining the illinois national guard. sad but gratified to know the full story. military said he died of pneumonia and a prisoner of war camp. 62 years later corporal chester j roper returned home. a south side chicago family can have some peace and closure. . >> finally discovered what actually happened. . >> back to you

remains today never got to meet him >>it's a bittersweet week for relatives of army corporal chester j. roper ... two of his nieces grew up knowing about him but never meeting him >>we still feel connected to him my mother and grandmother always told us about him so we knew him we just never met him ... >>he was a pittsburgh native who went missing in north korea over 60 years ago in 1951 he died of pneumonia and a career in prison can't ... an adequate technology and time did not allow for identification of his remains until recently has only surviving sister died in december just days after getting the news he had been identified the family hopes to bring closure to decades of pain without him it was clear that he will finally be laid to rest around those who loved him but never knew him >>i am sorry that my grandmother and my mother could not be here >>a funeral with full military honors will be held friday and evergreen park another record is about to be shattered today tom skilling is next with those warm weather details ... [ host ] mary switched to allstate and saved $326.00 on her car