Remains of Arthur Soldier Killed in WWII Identified

Friday, 16 January 2026

A soldier killed in World War Two is finally coming home. 
   

After eighty years, the remains of Army Staff Sgt. Paul A. Gregg of Arthur were identified in May 2025, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced this Thursday.  

Sergeant Gregg was reported missng in action during the Battle of the Bulge in December of 1944; Army officials issued a presumptive finding of death. 

In 2024 the Department of Defense and American Battle Monuments Commission exhumed the remains of a unidentified soldier at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery in Belgium and used dental records and other testing to identify them as the remains of Staff Sgt. Gregg. 

Officails say he will be brough home and buried in Arcola, IL.

Staff Sgt. Gregg's name is on the Walls of the Missing at Luxebourg American Cemetery in Hamm, Luxembourg. 

Soon a rosette will be placed by his name to show he has been found. 

For any information about the funeral, you may contact the Army Casualty office at (800) 892-2490.

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