HILL CITY, Kan. (AP) — The stays of a Kansas man who died throughout World Battle II in Germany have been recognized and will likely be returned to his native state for burial later this 12 months.
The physique of U.S. Military Sgt. Gregory V. Knoll 22, of Hill Metropolis. was recognized in January however his household was solely lately obtained a full briefing, the Protection POW/MIA Accounting Company introduced Friday.
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Knoll was assigned to Firm M, third Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, twenty eighth Infantry Division. In November 1944, his battalion was overrun by German forces as they tried to seize Schmidt, Germany, within the Hurtgen Forest.
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Survivors of the assault withdrew to Kommerscheidt, the place Knoll was reported killed in motion on Nov. 7, 1944.
The American Graves Registration Command carried out a number of investigations within the Hürtgen space between 1946 and 1950 however had been unable to seek out or establish Knoll’s stays.
A DPAA historian later decided one set of unidentified stays recovered at Kommerschedt in April 1946 presumably belonged to Knoll. The stays had been buried in Ardennes American Cemetery in Belgium in 1949.
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They had been disinterred in July 2021 and despatched to the DPAA laboratory at Offutt Air Power Base, Nebraska, the place scientists used DNA and different evaluation to establish Knoll’s stays
Knoll will likely be buried on July 7 in Backyard Metropolis.
