Posted on May 28, 2023
WWII pilot identified 79 years later using DNA - NewsBreak
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The remains of a World War II veteran from Pennsylvania have been accounted for nearly 80 years later.
U.S. Army Air Forces second Lieutenant James Litherland was 25 years old when a B-17F flying fortress he was co-piloting was shot down in France, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.
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U.S. Army Air Forces second Lieutenant James Litherland was 25 years old when a B-17F flying fortress he was co-piloting was shot down in France, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.
Sgt (Join to see)Amn Dale Preisach SPC Robert Coventry SSG Loran Osborne CPT Jerry Lucas Cpl Vic BurkSFC Ralph E Kelley PV2 Larry Sellnow PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SGT Charlie LeeSgt (Join to see) ] CPT Jerry Lucas MSG Stan Hutchison MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
WWII pilot identified 79 years later using DNA - NewsBreak
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Maj Kim Patterson Welcome home Lt. Literland. Thank you those who identified this brave member of our military so he could be reunited on American soil. I render a slow salute. R. I. P.
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