Remains of Boone GI who died in Japanese POW camp ID’d, to be laid to rest

Remains of Boone GI who died in Japanese POW camp ID’d, to be laid to rest

A World War II U.S. Army private from Seth, Boone County, West Virginia, whose remains were unidentified until last year — 83 years after he died in a Japanese POW camp in the Philippines — will be buried with full military rites on May 6, 2026 near the graves of his parents and siblings in Bloomingrose, Boone County.