A World War II soldier has been identified 80 years after he was killed in action in Eastern Europe.
that the previously unidentified man was confirmed to be U.S. Army Air Forces Tech Sgt. Frank C. Ferrel. Ferrel was from Roby, Texas and was 31 years old when he died. According to the agency, Ferrel was a member of the 328th Bombardment Squadron. He was an engineer on a B-24 Liberator bomber during Operation TIDAL WAVE, the"largest bombing mission against the oil fields and refineries at Ploiesti, north of Bucharest, Romania," the agency said.
Those unidentified remains were permanently interred at two American cemeteries in Belgium, where they remained until 2017, when the agency began exhuming unknown remains believed to be associated with Operation TIDAL WAVE losses. Once exhumed, the remains were sent to the agency's laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, where they were examined and identified using anthropological analysis and mitochondrial DNA analysis. These methods were used to confirm Ferrel's remains.
Now that Ferrel has been identified, a funeral is being planned in Sylvester, Texas. The agency did not say whether any family members are still alive. A
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