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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Isabel Keane

Remains of US World War II vet who went missing in action are returned home after 80 years

A soldier killed in World War II, who had been classified as missing for over 80 years, was returned to his Massachusetts hometown over the weekend.

The remains of U.S. Army Private Alfred Thomas Langevin, which were identified in July, arrived in Weymouth, a suburb south of Boston, on Saturday morning, Boston 25 News reported.

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