The recently identified remains of a Marine hailed for his bravery in battle are heading home 72 years after he was killed on a remote Pacific atoll during World War II.

A U.S. Marine who died in the battle for the Pacific Ocean island of Tarawa during World War II is scheduled to be buried Monday in Louisville, Kentucky. Skip to content NOWCAST WLWT News 5 at 7:00 ...

19-year-old Pfc. John F. Prince was among the 35 Marines whose remains were found last year on Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands, scene of a three-day battle Novemb ...

Marine Corps Reserve Pfc. Frank L. Athon, ... But when the 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company centralized American remains found on Tarawa for repatriation, ...

A Marine who died in World War II was finally laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery Wednesday after his remains had been unaccounted for since his death at 19.

In 1946, the 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company centralized all of the American remains found on Tarawa at Lone Palm Cemetery for later repatriation. However, almost half of the known ...

Justin Mills had been missing since the 1943 Battle for Tarawa, which left about 1,000 U.S. Marines and sailors dead. ... Remains of Galveston Marine identified 76 years after WWII battle ...

DYER, Ind. — The U.S. military says human remains found decades ago on a Pacific island have been identified as those of a U.S. Marine from Northwest Indiana who died ...

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Friday that 19-year-old Pfc. John F. Prince was among the 35 Marines whose remains were found last year on Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands, scene of a ...

The remains of a U.S. Marine killed in a World War II Pacific battle nearly 73 years ago have been identified and will be returned to upstate New York for burial.

American remains found on Tarawa were centralized at Lone Palm Cemetery in 1946 for later repatriation, but almost half of the known casualties were never found, officials said. Bayens' remains ...