Two WWII MIAs Identified:
Friday, September 24, 2010 at 10:19PM
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 The Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced the identification of remains of two Army soldiers missing in action from America’s longest continuously fought battle.  They are Sgt. Edward T. Jones, of West Pawlet, VT, and Pfc. James C. Konyud from Cleveland.  On Nov. 6, 1944, Jones and five other members of A Company, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, were traveling east along the Germany/Belgium border in the Hürtgen Forest when a German tank fired point-blank into their position.  On Jan. 1, 1945, Konyud, a member of K Company, 121st Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division, was reported missing during a heavy engagement against enemy forces in the Hürtgen Forest.  Read more about Jones’ recover and identification at http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=13915, and Konyud’s recovery and identification at http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=13912

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