LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Flags across Arkansas will fly half-staff from sunrise to sunset Tuesday to mourn the life of Army Sergeant Charles Beaty of Lake City.
At just 26 years old, Sgt. Charles Beaty was a decorated soldier. He had already served in World War II before the Korean War started in 1950.
Arkansas Korean War veteran remains returning home
On Dec. 3, 1950, he lost his life in North Korea at the battle of Chosin Reservoir fighting Chinese forces.
On Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, his family, including nephew Trent Fletcher, received his remains.
“The battle itself where he was at in North Korea was just frigid, unbelievable harsh conditions. From what I understand the ones that were killed in the battle, the ones that remained couldn’t bring them back or they would have been captured or killed,” Fletcher said.
Beaty’s second cousin Tammie Davis said there are not many of Beaty’s relatives left who remember him.
“It’s something that never in my lifetime thought would ever happen,” Davis said. “Our hope was obviously that they would have found his remains when my mother was living, and my grandmother and his mother were living.”