The remains of a World War II soldier killed almost 80 years ago in France have been identified and are to be reburied in a national cemetery

AND World War II A soldier who died in the mountains of France during the 1944 German offensive has been identified and his remains will be reinterred at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia– military representatives said this week.

Jeremiah P. Mahoney, 19, of Chicago, was killed January 17, 1945, in the Vosges Mountains, France, during a week-long battle.

Mahoney was assigned to the military anti-tank company of the 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division, and his unit resupplied and reinforced the regiment during combat.

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Photo of Mahoney's Army — Jeremiah P. Mahoney, 19, of Chicago, was killed January 17, 1945, in the Vosges Mountains, France, during a week-long battle.

“At some point on January 17, Mahoney was killed, but due to the intensity of the fighting, his unit was unable to recover the body as it was forced to withdraw from the area,” the Defense POW/MIA Agency (DPAA) said in a statement on Thursday. “Because no records of Mahoney’s capture by German forces were found and no remains were recovered, the War Department issued a ‘Death Declaration’ in January 1946.”

His death had occurred just four months earlier Germany surrendered to Allied forces in France in May 1945.

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Mahoney’s remains were found in 1946 by the U.S. Grave Registration Command, but could not be identified at the time and were eventually buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery in Belgium in 1949.

Notification of school graduates of Mahoney's death — Notification of school graduates of Mahoney’s death.

Two years ago, Mahoney’s remains were exhumed from the cemetery when DPAA historians began a detailed examination of soldiers who had gone missing in the area, believing the remains, then known as Unknown X-6379, might be Mahoney’s.

His remains were exhumed in August 2022 and transferred to the DPAA laboratory for analysis.

Based on DNA, anthropological evidence and circumstantial evidence, he was identified in May this year and will ultimately be buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Clipping from Mahoney's memorial service after the War Department issued the certificate "declaration of death" while he was missing in action. — A clipping from Mahoney’s memorial service after the War Department issued a “death declaration” during his disappearance in action.

A rosette will also be placed next to his name on the wall of the missing at the Epinal American Cemetery in Dinozé, France, to show that he has been found.

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