Albert (Buddy) Earle Mills was born on July 17, 1930 in Dallas, Texas. He joined the Army in 1948 after graduation. In July of 1950, he was a member of Company F. 2nd Battalion 5th Calvary Regiment 1st Calvary Division, blocking the Korean People’s Army from advancing along a corridor linking the cities of Taejon and Taegu, South Korea.

On July 23, 1950, enemy forces attacked American defenses at Yongdong. Mills was reported missing in action on July 25, 1950, as a result of the fighting, when he could not be accounted for in his unit. He was reported as MIA and subsequently KIA when only 26 soldiers returned from the intense battle. 

Albert was 20 years old. He was posthumously promoted to Corporal and awarded the Purple Heart and other medals.

His body alongside another soldier’s, was buried on a hillside by the local people. The Army recovered his unidentifiable remains in 1951 and he was ultimately buried as an “unknown soldier” in Hawaii’s National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. 
His remains were tested and identified in July 2018. After seven decades. 

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