The plane that was killed in World War II to be buried in Adrian on Monday

Adrian, me. (WTVG) – The remains of a soldier killed in World War II will be buried in Adrian on Monday.

Us Army Air Force Staff Sgt. Ralph L. Mourer from Wichita, Kansas, was killed in action on April 8, 1944, when his plane was shot down by an enemy fighter aircraft fire on a bombing mission to Brunswick.

He was married and expected his first child when he was killed at the age of 23.

His remains were not responsible for following the crash.

In 1946, an organization began to recover for the restoration of fallen American soldiers, examine the bomber losses in Germany losses, but it was unable to find a crash or funeral offices associated with the loss of Mourer.

An independent research group that worked with historians was able to restore various rubble and skeletal remains in 2015. Scientists worked over the next few years to identify the remains of Mourer by analyzing dentistry using DNA analysis.

It was taken into account on June 20, 2024.

His family received a full lettering on his identification last year, the military said.

This week he is buried in Adrian, Michigan, where he is put to rest next to his son Victor L. Mourer.

It will be located in the Wagley Funeral Home in the state on Monday, May 19 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

A motorcycle escort in the funeral home begins on Tuesday at 1:20 p.m. and ends on the Oakwood Cemetery.

Everyone from the public who wants to do their respect is invited to lead the entrance from Oakwood from 1 p.m., say that the employees of the cemetery will offer American flags.

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