WW2 history: Remains of World War 2 US Army Air Forces tech ID’d as Harold Kretzer; body to be re-buried in Springfield, IL

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) — The remains of a World War II airman from Illinois have finally been accounted for.

Harold Kretzer, a 32-year old Odin man in downstate Marion County, was a U.S. Army Air Forces tech.

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In the summer of 1943, he was on board a bomber that was hit by enemy fire and crashed in Romania.

He was buried there as an unknown hero, but new technology has allowed his remains to be identified. He will be re-buried in Springfield.

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