Almost six decades after dying in the Korean War, a Whatcom County soldier will receive a burial with full military honors.

Cpl. Robert G. Schoening of Blaine was serving with a combat engineer battalion in the 25th Infantry Division on Nov. 25, 1950, when his company came under heavy enemy attack near Hill 222 south of the Kuryong River in North Korea. He and three others were reported missing in action on Nov. 27.

Schoening will be buried June 19 at Arlington National Cemetery in northern Virginia.

The recovery of Schoening’s remains is the results of a joint United States-North Korean team that excavated the site in P’yongan-Pukto province, according to a Department of Defense news release. Scientists from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command used forensic tools, DNA sampling, dental records and circumstantial evidence to make the identification.

An Army Reserve officer is suing the University of Washington, saying he has been harassed and discriminated against for his service in Iraq, according to seattlepi.com.

Lt. Col. James Lukehart deployed in 2006 and served in Balad. He charges in court papers that an investigation into misconduct was launched while he was overseas and that he took a demotion and accept a pay cut to keep his job.

A spokesman for UW said the demotion had nothing to do with Lukehart's service in Iraq.

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Before he went overseas, a group of his coworkers had told him he would be "engaging in immoral, if not illegal, action" if he went to Iraq as ordered, Lukehart asserts in court documents. Still, the reservist went to war less than three weeks after receiving notice that he'd be deployed.