Remains of WWII solider identified as North Carolina man

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Remains of WWII solider identified as North Carolina man
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Army Pfc. David N. Owens, 27, of Green Hills, North Carolina was killed during World War II while battling German forces in a forest.
Army Pfc. David Owens died while his unit battled German forces in a forest near Hürtgen, Germany, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. (DPAA)

GREEN HILL, N.C. — DNA, dental and other analyses have confirmed the identity of remains buried in Belgium as a 27-year-old World War II soldier from North Carolina who died during battle in a German forest.

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