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WWII soldier receives proper funeral more than 80 years later: "He's home"

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By Joe Holden, Alan Wheeler Click here for updates on this story YEADON, Pennsylvania (KYW) — For 80 years, the grave of U.S. Army Private Joseph Cocco at Holy Cross Cemetery in Yeadon, Pennsylvania, has been empty. Cocco, who grew up in Overbook, was killed in September 1943 in combat in Italy. He was 22. Only recently, DNA testing confirmed that remains interred in a cemetery in Italy were his. On a mild November morning, the sun shone o…

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