Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Remains Identified As West Virginia Soldier

{West Virginia}...The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office said Monday that remains found in France have been identified as those of Army Pfc. Lawrence N. Harris of Elkins, a West Virginia soldier missing since World War II. Harris was killed along with two other soldiers on October 9, 1944, when their M-10 Tank Destroyer was attacked by German forces during a battle in the Parroy Forest. The remains of Harris and the other soldiers, Cpl. Judge C. Hellums of Paris, Mississippi, and Pvt. Donald D. Owens of Cleveland, will be buried together in one casket at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday.