According to the U.S. Army, Tech Sgt. Matthew L. McKeon, a native of Euclid, California, was killed in action during a battle with German forces in the Hürtgen Forest on Nov. 9, 1944
SAN DIEGO — An American soldier killed in Europe during World War II will finally be buried in San Diego now that his remains have been identified thanks to advanced DNA analysis.
According to a press release from the U.S. Army, Tech Sgt. Matthew L. McKeon, a native of Euclid, California, was killed in action during a battle with German forces in the Hürtgen Forest on Nov. 9, 1944. The 25-year-old soldier's remains could not be recovered during the battle, and despite the American Graves Registration Command's efforts between 1946 and 1950, McKeon's remains were not able to be identified.
In June 2021, the remains were disinterred from their burial site at Ardennes American Cemetery, where they were buried in 1950, and sent to the DPAA lab at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, for identification. "McKeon was accounted for by the DPAA Jan. 12, 2023, after his remains were identified using dental, anthropological, mitochondrial DNA, Y chromosome and autosomal DNA analysis," the Army says.
McKeon's name is engraved on the Walls of the Missing at the Netherlands American Cemetery, along with others who are still missing from World War II. A rosette will be placed next to his name at the American Battle Monuments Commission site in Margraten, Netherlands, to show that he has finally been accounted for.During the war, McKeon was assigned to Company K, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division.
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