Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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More than 80 years after the Battle of Saipan, DNA analysis helped identify and account for Marine Sergeant Frank L. Schmaltz. He was finally brought home to Louisiana and laid to rest with full military honors.

For more information, visit: nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/wwii-marine-killed-saipan-finally-returned-home-louisiana