Remains of Central City soldier from WWII to be buried
U.S. Army Pfc. Kenneth D. Burgess was assigned to Company B, 4th Ranger Battalion, 'Darby's Rangers' in the Mediterranean Theater. He was reported missing on September 25, 1943, at age 29, during Operation AVALANCHE.
'He's coming home' family of missing WW II soldier reacts after remains are ID'd
Officials state Burgess was accounted for by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency on September 13, 2024, after his remains were exhumed in March 2022 from the U.S. Military Cemetery, Nettuno, now known as Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Rome, Italy, for laboratory analysis and identification.
To identify Burgess' remains, scientists used anthropological, circumstantial and mitochondrial DNA analysis.
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