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## News Release

# Soldier Missing In Action From WWII Identified (Stehlin)

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced todaythat the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identifiedand are being buried with full military honors.

Army Pfc. William F. Stehlin, 27, of Dayton, Ky., will be buried on August 11 inArlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. On Nov. 20, 1944, Stehlin, as part of the333rd Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division, went missing near Süggerath while his unitconducted a largely successful offensive to capture towns in Western Germany. In 1951, after anextensive search, his remains were determined unrecoverable by U.S. Army Graves Registrationpersonnel.

In 2009, a German citizen digging in a wooded area near Süggerath, discovered a gravewith the remains of two individuals, military-related equipment and identification tags.

Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from theJoint POW/MIA Accounting Command laboratory also used dental comparisons in theidentification of the remains. The other individual, Pfc. Edward L. O’Toole, was identified andburied on July 15 in San Bruno, Calif.

Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, more than 400,000 died.Today, more than 73,000 are unaccounted-for from the conflict.

For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for missingAmericans, visit the DPMO web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1169.

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