A World War Two soldier from Martinsville, who was last seen in the early hours of the D-Day invasion, is no longer missing.
Defense POW-MIA Accounting Agency
Sergeant Ivor Thornton was in the second wave to land at Omaha Beach and was last seen wading toward the shore. A body was recovered a few days later but could not be positively identified. The remains were interred at a U. S. military cemetery in France.
In 2022, Thornton’s family, and the family of another missing soldier, asked that the remains be disinterred and examined.
The Defense POW-MIA Accounting Agency said Thursday that the identity of the remains had been confirmed using DNA and other analysis.
Sergeant Ivor Thornton will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
