Corporal Laid to Rest 66 Years After His Death

SAPETA, Miss. -- It took 66 years, but Cpl. Judge Clayton Hellums finally made it back home.

Hellums, 28, was killed Oct. 9, 1944, when a German rocket struck his M10 tank in Lorraine, France, during World War II.

He was among three of five soldiers who died from the attack, though military officials had listed him missing in action. His remains were found four years ago.

Hellums was buried Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010, at the Shady Grove Cemetery outside Bruce, Miss., with state National Guard members carrying his casket to its resting place.


(Information gathered from the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal and some AP reports.)

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The exhibit includes American soldiers killed during WWII, and the Korean and Vietnam wars.

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