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Blackhall Korea War rifleman identified

After a six-year investigation, four British soldiers killed in the Korean War have eventually been identified ending a 73-year mystery.

One man who now has a named grave is Rifleman Mark Foster from Blackhall in County Durham.

He and the other men were buried for decades in unmarked graves in Korea鈥檚 United Nations cemetery - and are the first unknown British soldiers killed in the conflict to be successfully identified.

Jean Mackenzie reports.

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