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Lonnie Eichelberger, a 20-year-old from Waco who died in heavy fighting with German forces in Italy just months before Germany\u2019s surrender in 1945.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For decades he was among nearly 73,000 U.S. service members from WWII who are unaccountable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt has brought closure that he has been identified,\u201d said his great-nephew, Cheyenne Eichelberger, who explained that family members knew only that his uncle was killed in action somewhere in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18010807491764.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18010807491764.jpg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18010807491764.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18010807491764.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Capt. Jeffery Hauck, left, salutes after presenting the flag that was covering Pfc. Lonnie Eichelberger&#8217;s coffin to his grandnephew, Cheyenne Eichelberger, right, during a funeral service at the Houston National Cemetery Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018 in Houston. (Michael Ciaglo\/Houston Chronicle via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army officials notified the family in 2016 that Defense Department scientists had identified the remains using dental and anthropological analysis and circumstantial evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pfc. Eichelberger enlisted at a time the Army was segregated and he was assigned to the 92nd Infantry Division, which in 1944 and 1945 fought at the westernmost portion of the Allied line in northern Italy, according to the Defense POW\/MIA Accounting Agency, an arm of the Defense Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s the forgotten piece,\u201d Cheyenne Eichelberger said Wednesday. \u201cMinorities have served in every war and conflict that America has been involved in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His uncle was declared missing after a battle near Strettoia, Italy. 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