03/08/2026
Sergeant Joseph Gantt was one of thousands of American soldiers listed as missing after the Korean War.
He disappeared during heavy fighting in 1950, and for decades his family had no answers about what had happened to him.
His remains were eventually identified through advances in forensic science, including DNA analysis, after being recovered from North Korea and examined by the U.S. military's identification laboratory.
In 2013, more than six decades after his death, he was finally brought home with full military honors.
His wife, Clara Gantt, had never remarried. She spent 63 years believing that one day she might learn her husband's fate, keeping her commitment to him throughout her life despite the uncertainty.
At his funeral, Clara leaned over the flag-draped casket and quietly said, "I'm happy to see you. I'm still your wife."