Marion native and war hero laid to rest at Andersonville
May 31, 2023

 The remains of a hometown hero who is memorialized by a memorial featured prominently on the lawn of the Marion County Courthouse in "The Square" of downtown Buena Vista (as well as a bridge named in his memory a few miles outside of town) now has a final resting place in Andersonville National Cemetery.
 Luther Story, who was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroic actions during the Korean War, was laid to rest with full honors during a special ceremony on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29.
 He had been missing for 73 years (since September 1, 1950), but the South Korean government recently identified his remains using the latest DNA technology.
 Story's closest living relative, niece Judy Wade, and her husband Jody, were recently the hon...

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