John Robert Stovall, a U.S. Army soldier killed during the Korean War, came home this week. The East St. Louis native was 19 when he went missing in July 1950.
His family finally has answers. On June 10, 2025, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency positively identified his remains, 75 years later. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his extraordinary bravery.
Julie Darnall, a funeral assistant at Kassly Mortuary in Fairview Heights, which is handling the arrangements, said the Rolling Thunder (Rolling to Remember) motorcycle group left the funeral home Tuesday to escort Stovall to St. Louis Lambert International Airport for the dignified transfer. The Illinois State Police also joined the escort…