At a Memorial Day service, keynote speaker Rick Martinez of Honoring Our Fallen and a 21-gun salute by American Legion Post 227 honored 28 KIA and MIA U.S. service members at the Tustin Veterans Memorial.
Almost 80 years after a World War II soldier was killed in action, his family was able to bury his remains alongside his wife who passed away almost two years ago.
According to the U.S. Army, Tech Sgt. Matthew L. McKeon, a native of Euclid, California, was killed in action during a battle with German forces in the Hürtgen Forest on Nov. 9, 1944
A World War II soldier who died in battle has finally been accounted for. According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Army Tech Sgt. Matthew L. McKeon, 25, of Euclid was accounted for.