corporal robert perry graham died nearly 65- years ago. in a north korean prisoner of war camp. good evening, i'm pam moore. graham's arrival is finally bringing a sense of closure to his family. kron four's jeff bush has the story. >> jeff :robert perry graham was born in san francisco and went to war in the army in 1950a year later, he was captured by the north koreans and sent to a prisoner of war camp. he died in 1951. his remains stayed in north korea for decades. sometime in the early 90's, the north koreans provided boxes of combined remains to the u.s. government. graham's nephews provided dna samples to the army years agofinally, a match. >> nicole venturelli : this last fall, they let us know there was a match and i was so happy and sad at the same time but it gave me a sense of closure that he did, indeed, die in korea. >> jeff :a full honor guard was on hand at sfo to receive corporal graham's remains. everything stopped and the only sound that could be heard was the distant noise of jets on the tarmac. corporal graham's body was escorted frome hawaii by his nephew j

inside this flag-draped casket, a single bone belonging to robert perry graham.remains were flown to san francisco from hawaii and his nephew, a retired marine, an escort. >> whether it was my unkl or anyone, any service member we have a sense of pride in s in taking care of our own. >> in 1951 corporal graham was reported missing in action in korea. his family learned he had been a prisoner of war and likely died in a pow camp. it wasn't until the early 90s that north korea turned over boxes of co-mingled remains. the families were asked to give dna samples last fall. corporal graham's family got a match. her father was corporal graham's brother. two of nine siblings who grew up in san francisco. >> they were separated a loqi into foster homes.ç my father and uncle bobbie were so close in age that they were together a lot. they bonded. >> nicole's dad died before the dna testing even began. but she and her cousin say this is an incredible moment for the family. >> it is something that my aunts and uncles and my mother have always dreamed about having closure. >

inside this flag-draped casket, a single bone belonging to robert perry graham.lown to san francisco from hawaii and his nephew, a retired marine, an escort. >> whether it was my unkl or anyone, any service member we have a sense of pride in s in taking care of our own. >> in 1951 corporal graham was reported missing in action in korea. his family learned he had been a prisoner of war and likely died in a pow camp. it wasn't until the early 90s that north korea turned over boxes of co-mingled remains. the families were asked to give dna samples last fall. corporal graham's family got a match. her father was corporal graham's brother. two of nine siblings who grew up in san francisco. >> they were separated a loqi into foster homes.ç my father and uncle bobbie were so close in age that they were together a lot. they bonded. >> nicole's dad died before the dna testing even began. but she and her cousin say this is an incredible moment for the family. >> it is something that my aunts and uncles and my mother have always dreamed about having closure. >> there are 78

perry graham have been returned from north korea. our reporter has the story. >> inside the flag draped casket a single leg bone gallonning to early corporal robert perry grahame to san francisco from hawaii and the nephew a retired main was the escort. >> whether high uncle or any service member, we always have a sense of pride our occupy. corporal graham was reported missing in action in korea and it was help he was a prisoner of war and lookly died in the damp. in the early 1990s north korea town over boxes of commingled remain of servicemen. families were asked to give d.n.a. samples in the fall and his family got a match. it gives me a sense of peace for father. aher father was corporal graham's brother, two of nine sin lanes who grew up in san francisco. >> they were separated a lot as children into foster homes and my father and my uncle were so close in able they were together a lot and they beened. >> her dad die before the dan testing began but she and her cousin say it is an incredible moment for the family. >> my honors and uncles and mothers have always traveled about having this closure. >> there are still 7,800 americans unaccounted for from th

. >> that emotion showed as corporate robert perry graham's casket was walked toward his family and placed in the waiting hearse. >> it's something my aunts and uncles and mother had always dreamed about, having this closure. >> closure the family thought would never happen when corporal graham was sent to fight in the career war and never returned. >> so the official report was that in 1953 is that he did pass away in a p.o.w. camp. >> he was declared missing in action two years prior when his unit came under attack. >> it's the day that i always hoped for. >> nicole only knew about her uncle through her late father. >> the military had asked us many years ago to submit some dna. >> james george, a retired marine, along with his cousin, submitted their dna. last fall they found out there was a match after testing commingled remains for dozens of veterans. >> we still have 5,800 soldiers, sailors, marines, that are still missing from the korean war. 4,800 of them are in north korea. and those families won't have the closure that i have. >> corporal graham will be buried with full military

corporal robert perry graham's flag draped casket was carried off the plane last night. a native san franciscan was declared missing in action in 1951 when his unit was attacked. when remains were discovered years ago the military issed ase family to submit dna. there was a match. a bone belonging to graham was discovered. >> whether it was my uncle or any service member we always have a sense of pride in taking care of our own or bringing home our own. >> corporal graham will be buried with full military hoppers tomorrow. >>> police now say suspicious behavior led to san francisco's mayor getting pulled over earlier this week. the mayor wasn't even driving an undercover san francisco police officer was. mayor lee was on a ride along observing the police response to the soaring rate of break ins. the officer that stopped the vehicle thought it was moving too slowly. as soon as he saw the car's occupants he looked surprised. >>> coming up, san francisco takes on its controversial city sanctuary law. the changes it could mean for law enforcement. >>> our crew is at at&t pa

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the remains of corporal robert perry graham will be delivered this evening at s.f.o. kron four's jeff bush has his story. officials with the uso say the remains of corporal robert grahm will arrive this evening with full military honors. the remaining members of grahm's family will be on hand to receive his casket. corporal grahm was born in san francisco in 1930 and went into the army during the korean war. his company came under attack in 1951 and he was taken prisonerand eventually was assigned to the suan prisoner of war camp in north korea. several years later u.s. soldiers who spent time with him in the pow camp reported that he died. the government issued a death certificate but the north korean government would not release his remains until decades later. the north koreans released dozens of remains to the u.s. government in the 90's but they were not organized or documented. extensive dna research finally determined some of the remains are those of corporal grahm. they are being flown here to sfo tonight. an honor guard and his family will be here for the cera

. >> the funeral service was held for arming corporal robert perry graham. he was captured back in 1951 during the korean war and died later that year in the pow camp. and that their remains were among the others that would return to the u.s. back in 1993. and that they were mixed with 46 other soldiers as they would take the dna to identify graham's remains last year and the refuge had made it their mission to finally gave their uncle a proper burial. >>> black sailors were convicted of mutiney. >>> prosecutor reveal details and the special abuse allegations against the former house speaker. i want to show you some cutting edge technology. this is a vhs tape. push that tape in and hit play. this is a flip phone. have you seen these before? it's called a compact disc. oh. looks like we're getting a facsimile. what year is it to you? it's old. you'd rather use newer technology? definitely. well, i've got something to show you. this is the 2016 chevy volt. it uses extended range electric technology. the prius hybrid uses battery technology developed 15 years a

a flag draped coffin carrying a single leg bone of corporal robert perry graham arrived at san franciscorned he was a prisoner of war and in the early 1990s north korea town over a box of remains of servicemen and families were asked to give d.n.a. in the fall his family get a match. my aunts and mother and you will kills always dreamed of having close use. >> graham and the eight sibling grew up in san francisco and there are still 7,800 americans unaccounted for from the koreaian war. >> funeral plans are in the work for merle haggard. ♪ we don't let our hair ♪ grow long ♪ like the hippies in san francisco ♪ >> he sings it with a smile. he died yesterday at the home from pneumonia after battling for months. it was his 79th birthday. he rose from poverty and risen to international fame and aclaim with songs about outlaws. the manager said the family is planning a funeral at his home in shasta county. tributes are pouring in from across the world and especially in nashville and hollywood. he had three dozen number one hits and this tribute is from wreath witherspoon and from other countr