WASHINGTON –
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Pvt. Alfred T. Langevin, 29, of East Weymouth, Massachusetts, killed during World War II, was accounted for July 30, 2025.
Langevin's family recently received their full briefing on his identification, therefore, additional details on his identification can be shared.
In late 1944, Langevin was assigned to Company E, 2nd Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Nov. 6 during an intense period of combat in the Hürtgen Forest of Germany. The exact circumstances of his loss are unknown. Langevin’s remains were not accounted for after the war.
Following the end of the war, the American Graves Registration Command was tasked with investigating and recovering missing American personnel in Europe. In May 1946, an AGRC investigation team recovered several sets of remains from the woods near Strass, and the forested area between Germeter and Hürtgen, including one set, later designated X-2756. All identification efforts were unsuccessful and in May 1949, the remains were declared unidentifiable and interred at the Ardennes American Cemetery in Belgium.
In June 2021, the Department of Defense and American Battle Monuments Commission exhumed the remains of Unknown X-2756 from the Ardennes American Cemetery and transferred them to the DPAA Laboratory for analysis.
To identify Langevin’s remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial and autosomal DNA analysis, as well as mitochondrial genome sequencing data.
Langevin’s name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery, an American Battle Monuments Commission site in Margraten, Netherlands, along with the others still missing from World War II. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Langevin will be buried in his hometown on a date yet to be determined.
For family and funeral information, contact the Army Casualty Office at (800) 892-2490.
DPAA is grateful to the American Battle Monuments Commission for their partnership in this mission.
For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving their country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil or on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa, https://www.linkedin.com/company/dodpaa, https://www.instagram.com/dodpaa/, or https://x.com/dodpaa.
Langevin’s personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000LlR8EAK.
Read Langevin's initial ID announcement here: Langevin.