On Friday, a funeral Mass was held for Redgate in St. Redgate was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action.

On April 16, 2020, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency reported a finding of a DNA match to Redgate’s remains that had been turned over to the United States from North Korea in 2018. military who went missing during conflicts across the globe and were never found to be brought home to their loved ones.įor nearly seven decades, Redgate’s family members knew the pain of having him lost to the war-until recently.

The brave Massachusetts soldier is among tens of thousands of U.S. Thomas Justin Redgate of Massachusetts (Obituary photo) His unit was on the eastern side of the Chosin Reservoir when they were attacked by Chinese and North Korean forces on Nov. Less than two years later, he found himself on the battlefield in Korea as a forward observer, part of Able Battery, 48th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division. After returning home from that war, and studying business administration for two years at Boston College, Redgate reenlisted in the U.S.