John A Walko was identified through DNA and brought home to Pennsylvania 80 years after his WWII death
The remains of a US soldier killed during the second world war were returned to his Pennsylvania hometown more than 80 years after he died after DNA analysis identified him.
John A Walko, a US army Pfc who died on 20 October 1944 during the Battle of Aachen in Germany, was escorted from the Pittsburgh airport to Commodore, Pennsylvania by a veteran’s motorcycle group earlier this month, according to Cleveland.com.
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This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Victoria Bekiempis.
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