The remains of an American soldier who disappeared in the middle of World War II were identified
A soldier who disappeared in the action during the water mission in World War II was announced, military officials said on Tuesday.
US Army PFC. Robert L. Bryant, for 23 years, was awarded to company B, in the 4th Ranger Battalion, as part of the group known as Darby’s Rangers, the defense agency Pow/Mia said. The battalion was trained by Colonel William Darby, who also founded a battalion that would later grow into the modern army of the United States, The army said. The battalion was active in the Mediterranean theater, which was Italy, North Africa and the Middle East.
Bryant was one of 170,000 Allied soldiers who participated in the avalanche Operation, when the forces attacked Italy in a series of amphibious landings between September 9 and 18, 1943. After heading to the shore, Bryant dealt with fights near Chiunzi Sorrento Peninsula , DPAA said. On September 2, September was reported that he disappeared in the action after encountering a patrol with a four -member near Pietre, Italy.
Bryant’s body was not recovered, and the German forces never reported it as a prisoner of war, DPAA said. The war department proclaimed him disturbed on July 19, 1949. The formal telegram informed his parents that he was killed in action, according to a cutout of local newspapers shared by DPAA. According to Clipping, he was survived by his parents, five brothers and wife. He was awarded a posthumously purple heart, he said in another news clip. Bryant’s name was recorded on the walls of the missing at the US cemetery in Sicily, Nettun, Italy.
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After World War II, registration of American Graves began to work on recovering the missing American staff from around the world. In 1947, the registration investigators found the remains in the cemetery in the Italian village of San Nicola. The remains were designated as Naples X-152, and since the remains could not be associated with nearby victims, under that name they were interned at the US Cemetery of Sicily.
In 2019, DPAA historian who studied US losses during the Avalanche Operation compiled several records that showed that Bryant was probably lost near where the remains of the X-152 were discovered. In 2022, the remains were dissatisfied and sent to the DPAA laboratory for identification.
DPA scientists have used anthropological and dental analysis to study the remains. Mitochondrial DNA analysis and indirect evidence have also been used to confirm the remains as Bryant’s. The descendants of World War II Rangers Inc., Associazione Salerno in 1943, and the staff of the National Archives in the College Park also provided “assistance in research,” DPAA said.
Bryant’s surviving family members were informed of his identification. Roseta will be located next to his name on the walls of the missing at the US Cemetery of Sicily, to indicate that he was counting, DPAA said, and will be buried in April 2025.
