A U.S. Army soldier from Massachusetts reported missing in action while his unit was involved in fighting against German forces in Italy during World War II has been accounted for.
A U.S. Army soldier from Massachusetts reported missing in action while his unit was involved in fighting against German forces in Italy during World War II has been accounted for. Military officials said Tuesday that the remains of Pvt. Wing O. Hom were identified in April using both anthropological and mitochondrial DNA analysis. The 20-year-old Boston resident went missing in February 1944 during fighting near the town of Cisterna di Latina, south of Rome. Unidentified remains recovered from the battlefield were disinterred in 2021 and determined to belong to Hom.
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