The family of US military veteran Pasquale Cordasco has invited the Patriot Guard Riders to be present to honor this American Hero. It will be our privilege to do so.
Pasquale or "Pat" was born in 1936; he served his country in the US Army from 1958 to 1960. He entered Basic Training with Company C, 1st Armored Rifle Battalion, 50th Infantry at Fort Hood, TX where he also attended Advance Training at 3rd Corps Academy. Oversees duty found him assigned to Combat Command C, 4th Armored Division, Crailsheim, Germany. He was honorably discharged on September 1, 1960, at the rank of Specialist 5th Class.
Second: SGT Lee Henderson Manning,21,USA,MIA/POW,Korea, Los Angeles-
We have been invited by the family and the U.S. Army to be present for the arrival and services to honor SGT Lee Henderson Manning, U.S. Army, who was MIA in the Korean War and has been MIA all these years until he was recently identified. We are very honored that the PGR will be in attendance.
SGT Lee Henderson Manning was declared MIA in the Korean War in May, 1951, he was 21 years old at the time. He is one of hundreds of Heroes who have since been located and sent to Hawaii for identification through advanced technology in DNA testing. By a miracle, this Hero will now come home to rest.
Sergeant Manning was a medic with the Medical Company, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while tending his wounded comrades in North Korea on December 1, 1950 and died while a prisoner on May 31, 1951. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.\r\nSergeant Manning was awarded the Combat Medical Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
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