TENNESSEE Published May 18, 2023 5:31pm EDT
Remains of US Army corporal killed in WW2 identified, will be buried in Tennessee hometown
Remains recovered from burned-out tank were disinterred, sent to lab for DNA analysis
The remains of a U.S. Army corporal who was killed in Germany during World War II have been identified and will be buried in his Tennessee hometown, officials said Thursday.
Joe A. Vinyard, 23, was assigned to Company A, 774th Tank Battallion as a crew member on a tank in December 1944, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said in a news release.
Vinyard was engaged in battle with German forces near Gey, Germany, when his tank was destroyed by shelling. When his crew regrouped, Vinyard was missing. The U.S. War Department issued a presumptive finding of death in April 1946.
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