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# Middletown Air Force Lt. killed in WWII returning home

By Sean DeLancey

                Middletown, OH  –              
The body of a Middletown Air Force Lieutenant killed when his plane was shot down in World War II will return home to be buried after being identified through DNA testing.

The U.S. Department of Defense's POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that 27-year-old Dan Corson was officially accounted for on Sept. 22. His family was notified in October, officials said.

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