By Alissa Silber
Updated: Aug 24, 2020 08:49 AM
Newtown resident Mary Jo Pecora-Runkle was only 4 years old when her beloved uncle, Joseph Anthony Pecora, Jr, died at the age of 20 in Vietnam while serving in the United States Army. After more than half a century of unanswered questions surrounding his death, her family was able to experience the life-changing gift of closure when a long-lost friend of her uncle’s reached out to make good on a pact he made with his friend many years ago.