Remains Of Monongahela Airman Killed During WWII Returning Home

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The remains of a Monongahela airman killed during World War II will return home Thursday, 74 years after he went missing.
Army Sergeant Vernon Hamilton was 19 years old when the plane he was in crashed in Germany in 1945 after it was hit by anti-aircraft gunfire.
He was on a combat mission with two other soldiers as World War II was winding down.
(Source: U.S. Department of Defense)
In 2016, the plane’s crash site was located in