He was a prisoner of war who presumably died in a North Korean concentration camp in 1951.

Corporal Dennis Buckley, originally from Erie, finally got the funeral he deserved, burial with full honors at Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery in Rittman, located just west of Akron.

His only surviving relative, Youngstown resident Eleanor Stevenson, was there with her family for the ceremony.

Buckley was missing in action in February of 1951 in South Korea.

It wasn't until 1993, when North Korea gave the U.S. more than 200 boxes of remains from old prison camps that Buckley was finally able to be identified through DNA testing.

Sixty-five years later, Buckley finally gets the respect he deserves.

"It was unbelievable. Unbelievable! I'm still shaking. It's been long enough and he needs to come home and rest. It was time. I can't believe the people who showed up who didn't even know him. What people will do is wonderful. Just wonderful!," says Stevenson.

Veterans organizations from all over the Valley escorted Buckley's remains to the cemetery and paid their respects.

Fred Schrock from VFW Post 9571 in Ellsworth, says, "It's very important to recognize that our government needs to be involved in recovering those who have served who are lost as MIAs and who have served as prisoners of war because they bring closure to our nation not just the families of those who they are affiliated with."

Corporal Buckley will be laid to rest in the POW section of the cemetery where he will be joined with thousands who are from the same area.