Lafayette Veterans Memorial Center, 3780 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette, CA 94549

The family invites the public to a Celebration of Life to honor U.S. Army Capt. Erik F. Yde on Sunday, April 28, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. at Lafayette Veterans Memorial Center, 3780 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette, CA. Hosted by VFW Post #8063, the event will include full military honors, a three-volley rifle salute, U.S. military and family speakers, Korea Consulate representatives, presentation of medals, and patriotic music by Clarinet Fusion.&nbsp;
Please join the family as they honor and celebrate the return home of Capt. Erik F. Yde after 73 years.&nbsp;
Doors open and prelude music at 12:30 p.m.
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency News Release reprinted below:
Fulfilling Our Nation’s Promise
Soldier Accounted For From Korean War
April 3, 2024 
WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Capt. Erik F. Yde, 32, of San Francisco, California, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for June 22, 2023.
In June 1950, Yde was a member of Headquarters, Headquarters Battery, 503rd Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. Yde was captured as a prisoner of war (POW) after his unit was forced to retreat from Wonju in the vicinity of Hoengsong, South Korea. Due to intense fighting in the area, Yde was separated from his unit and was last seen attempting to penetrate an enemy roadblock. In 1953, several POWs returned during Operation Big Switch reported Yde had been a prisoner of war and died in June, 1951, at Prisoner of War Camp #1.
In the fall of 1953, during Operation Glory, North Korea returned remains reportedly recovered from Changsong, also known as Prisoner of War Camp #1, to the United Nations Command. However, Yde’s name did not appear on any of the transfer rosters and the Central Identification Unit in Kokura, Japan, did not associate any repatriated remains with him. Yde was determined non-recoverable in January 1956.
In July 2018, the DPAA proposed a plan to disinter 652 Korean War Unknowns from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. In January 2020, the DPAA disinterred Unknown X-14275, a set of remains returned during Operation Glory, as part of Phase Two of the Korean War Disinterment Plan and sent the remains to the DPAA laboratory for analysis.
To identify Yde’s remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis, as well as chest radiograph comparison and circumstantial evidence. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.
Capt. Yde’s name is recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the Punchbowl, along with the others who are still missing from the Korean War. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Capt. Yde will be buried at San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery in Santa Nella, CA, on April 29, 2024.
For family and funeral information, contact the Army Casualty Office at (800) 892-2490.
To see the most up-to-date statistics on DPAA recovery efforts for those unaccounted for from the Korean War, go to the Korean War Accounting page on the DPAA website at: <a href="https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaFamWebKorean" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaFamWebKorean</a>. 
For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at <a href="https://www.dpaa.mil/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.dpaa.mil</a>, find us on social media at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dodpaa" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.facebook.com/dodpaa</a> or <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/defense-pow-mia-accounting-agency" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/company/defense-pow-mia-accounting-agency</a>.

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On tap is an exciting program titled Spring Fever, to include: Star Wars, Irish Tune from County Derry, Dance of the Russian Sailors, The Lone Ar-ranger!, Fantasia on the Dargason, American Patrol, Happy Together and much more! 
Did we mention that Clarinet Fusion was selected to perform at the International Clarinet Association’s annual ClarinetFest convention in Dublin, Ireland this summer? Auditions were submitted from 42 different countries and Clarinet Fusion was selected! We are so excited!!!
The concert is open to the public – all ages welcome! Doors open at 6:30pm.
Adults/Seniors/Students $5
Tickets are available online (see QR code), in person at the Martinez Senior Community Center, at the door, or call: 925-370-8770 for more information.
Info on Clarinet Fusion clarinet choir at <a href="https://www.clarinetfusion.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.clarinetfusion.org</a>
Musicians will be available to talk with you and answer questions after the concert.
We hope to see you there!

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