29-10-2018 17:50 via kvoa.com

World War II Marine buried in West Virginia

OAK HILL, W.Va. (AP) — A U.S. Marine from West Virginia whose remains were identified more than a half-century after he was killed during a World War II battle on a Pacific island has been buried with full military honors.
Marine Corps Reserve Pfc. Joe Lukie was buried Saturday in Oak Hill. The 19-year-old resident of Harvey was killed in November 1943 on the small island of Betio while serving with the 2nd Marine Division.
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