WASHINGTON –
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Paul A. Gregg, 29, of Arthur, Illinois, killed during World War II, was accounted for May 29, 2025.
Gregg's family recently received their full briefing on his identification, therefore, additional details on his identification can be shared.
In late 1944, Gregg was assigned to Company H, 2d Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division. On Dec. 18, Gregg was reported missing in action following combat near Fouhren, Luxembourg, during the Battle of the Bulge. His remains were not accounted for after the war and on Dec. 19, 1945, Army officials issued a presumptive finding of death.
In April 1945, graves registration personnel recovered one set of Unknown remains from an isolated field grave in the vicinity of Fouhren. The remains were transferred to the United States Military Cemetery at Foy, Belgium, and processed as X-114. Despite their efforts, technicians from the American Graves Registration Command were unable to identify the X-114 remains and eventually interred them as an Unknown American soldier at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, an American Battle Monuments Commission site in Belgium.
In 2021, a DPAA historian completed a study of unresolved combat losses in Fouhren from the Battle of the Bulge and recommended the X-114 remains be disinterred for scientific comparison to Gregg. In 2024, the Department of Defense and American Battle Monuments Commission exhumed the remains from Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery for forensic analysis. The remains were transferred to the DPAA Laboratory for analysis.
To identify Gregg’s remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA analysis.
Gregg’s name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at Luxembourg American Cemetery in Hamm, Luxembourg, along with others still missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Gregg will be buried in Arcola, Illinois 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 and would like to thank Mr. Roland Gaul and the staff at the National Museum of Military History in Diekirch, Luxembourg, for assisting DPAA historians with information about the Battle of the Bulge in Luxembourg, which directly contributed to the success of this case.
For additional information on the War Department’s mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil, find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or https://www.linkedin.com/company/defense-pow-mia-accounting-agency, www.instagram.com/dodpaa/, or https://x.com/dodpaa.
Read Gregg's initial ID announcement here: Gregg.