Remains of World War II airman from Illinois finally ID'd thanks to new technology

Saturday, January 7, 2023
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- The remains of a World War II airman from Illinois have finally been accounted for.

Harold Kretzer, a 32-year old Odin man in downstate Marion County, was a U.S. Army Air Forces tech.
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In the summer of 1943, he was on board a bomber that was hit by enemy fire and crashed in Romania.
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He was buried there as an unknown hero, but new technology has allowed his remains to be identified. He will be re-buried in Springfield.

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