The remains of a U.S. Army sergeant from Waterbury who went missing during a savage World War II battle have been identified, the Department of Defense announced Thursday.
Sgt. Bernard J. Sweeney Jr. was reported missing on Dec. 16, 1944 during the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest. His remains were positively identified in June, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.
Sweeney, 22, was assigned to Company I of the 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division, which was fighting German forces near Strass, Germany, when he was reported missing.
