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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Susan Montoya Bryan

US historians ID a New Mexico soldier killed during WWII, but work remains on thousands of cases

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After years of combing through military records and making some key deductions, a team of U.S. government historians and researchers has finally put a name to case file X-3212, identifying an Army private from eastern New Mexico named Homer Mitchell who died during World War II.

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency this week announced the findings, which were confirmed by laboratory testing and brought closure to Mitchell's family members.

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