Remains Of 12 WWII Servicemen, Including 2 Mass. Natives, Identified
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon has identified the remains of 12 World War II servicemen.
The military said Thursday they died in a plane crash in Papua New Guinea on Oct 27, 1943.
Their remains will be buried Monday at Arlington National Cemetery.
They are Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Jack Volz of Indianapolis; 2nd Lt. Regis Dietz of Pittsburgh; 2nd Lt. Edward Lake of Brooklyn, N.Y; 2nd Lt. Martin Murray of Lowell, Mass.; 2nd Lt. William Shryock of Gary, Ind.; Tech. Sgt. Robert Wren of Seattle; Tech. Sgt. Hollis Smith of Cove, Ark.; Staff Sgt. Berthold Chastain of Dalton, Ga.; Staff Sgt. Clyde Green of Erie, Pa.; Staff Sgt. Frederick Harris of Medford, Mass.; Staff Sgt. Claude Ray of Coffeyville, Kan.; and Staff Sgt. Claude Tyler of Landover, Md.
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