KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) More than 75 years after Nicholas J. Gojmerac was last
seen alive dragging a wounded comrade to safety during a World War II battle,
his remains are back home in Kansas.
The Kansas City Star reports a Marine Corps honor guard was on the tarmac of Kansas City International Airport Tuesday as Gojmerac’s remains were returned to his family.
Gojmerac was in the Marine Corps Reserve when he was wounded during a battle
on the Solomon Island in 1943. The 29-year-old from Kansas City, Kansas, became
one the multitude of U.S. service members listed as missing in action during
World War II.
He was officially declared dead on July 21st, 1944. It wasn’t until last
September that relatives learned Gojmerac’s remains had been identified through
dental and anthropological analysis.
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