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DPAA In The News

News 2 | July 11, 2024

Remains of CT soldier killed during World War II identified 8 decades later

By By Patrick Skahill, Connecticut Public Radio

A Connecticut soldier who was killed in Southeast Asia on a bombing mission more than 80 years ago has been identified.

Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Frank J. Tedone, 23, of Hartford, was killed in 1943 when his B-24 bomber was shot down over Myanmar, formerly Burma. The plane reportedly was hit by anti-aircraft fire before bursting into flames and falling into the clouds, tailed by several enemy fighter planes.

The bomber never returned to its base. All other crew members were reported lost with the aircraft.

On Wednesday, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), a federal agency that works to recover the remains of lost American soldiers, announced it had identified Tedone’s remains following a search that included records and DNA analysis.

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