Military identifies remains of WWII Army soldier from Ohio

RUTLAND, Ohio — The remains of a soldier from Ohio who was killed in World War II have now been positively identified, according to Defense Department officials. After the war, the American Graves Registration Command couldn’t find any remains and declared Jacks non-recoverable. But in January 1951, a German War Graves Commission found a set of remains wearing Jacks’ ID tags while they were disinterring German soldiers from a military cemetery near Ludwigswinkel, Germany, which is about 14 miles northeast of Lichtenberg. Jacks was again declared non-recoverable in October 1951 and the found remains were buried at what is now Brittany American Cemetery in St. James, Normandy, France. While studying unresolved American losses in the Lichtenberg area, a DPAA historian reviewed the case and determined German medics had recovered Jacks near Lichtenberg and moved him to the nearest German field hospital, which was in Ludwigswinkel, where he died.