Body of US soldier is identified 72 years after he died in a tank in WWII and returned to his home in Tennessee to be buried with full military honors
A funeral for Private first class Reece Gass will be held Saturday at Doughty-Stevens Funeral Home in Greeneville
The 20-year-old Gass and at least two others inside a tank died on Jan. 14, 1945, when a German tank fired upon them
Human remains found in 1947 near Cherain, Belgium, in the remnants of a tank at Mont-le-Ban were at first unsuccessfully identified
Remains were identified as those of Gass earlier this year when scientist were able to match his DNA with that of his niece
The army is paying the entire bill for the funeral arrangements
By Matthew Wright For Dailymail.com
Published: 21:58 EDT, 4 June 2017 | Updated: 06:42 EDT, 5 June 2017
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