The remains of a US Army soldier who fought in World War II have been accounted for after the soldier was reported missing nearly 80 years ago.
A U.S. Army soldierreported missing in action while his unit was involved in fighting against German forces in Italy during World War II has been accounted for, the military said.
The remains of Pvt. Wing O. Hom, of Boston, were identified in April using both anthropological and mitochondrial DNA analysis, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Tuesday. Hom, 20, went missing in February 1944 during fighting near the town of Cisterna di Latina, south of Rome.A member of Company B, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division, Hom's body was not recovered and he was never reported as a prisoner of war, officials said. He was declared dead in February 1945.
This World War II-era photo shows U.S. Army Pvt. Wing O. Hom, of Boston. Hom, who has been missing since 1944, has been accounted for according to the U.S. military.
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