WWII Marine long buried in forgotten Pacific grave headed home to Nebraska (Omaha World-Herald)

He died at the Battle of Tarawa. He was one of a family of eight children, of which one sibling survives today.

Now almost eight decades later, Pfc. Langan’s remains will come home to rest — thanks to the efforts of a nonprofit that has spent years searching for the lost graves of Tarawa and the Defense Department agency tasked with identifying the bodies of those who went missing in America’s 20th century wars.
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A DNA match from Pfc. Langan’s namesake nephew, as well as the last of his seven siblings, confirmed the identity in July. It was announced late last month.