PHOENIX — A Phoenix-based pilot flew his great-uncle’s remains back home on Wednesday, more than 70 years after the army hero was killed in the Korean War.

Casey Brouhard, the nephew of U.S. Army Pfc Harold Dulyea, piloted the final leg of the journey which spanned from Hawaii to Dallas Fort Worth to Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Dulyea was reported as missing in action in July 1950 after the Battle of Yongdong in South Korea. His remains were identified in May 2025 by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. It was determined Dulyea died in captivity in 1954.

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