Army Pfc. Raymond U. Schlamp, who was killed during the fighting in the “Horseshoe Woods” in 1944, will be laid to rest April 6, 2024, in his hometown of Dubuque, Iowa. (Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency)

Army Pfc. Raymond U. Schlamp, who was killed during the fighting at “Horseshoe Woods” in 1944, will be laid to rest April 6 in his hometown of Dubuque, Iowa.

Schlamp will be interred at Linwood Cemetery, and he will receive full military honors, according to a news release from U.S. Army Human Resources Command.

In September 1944, Schlamp, 28, was assigned to Company G, 2nd Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division. The unit was attempting to secure terrain near Dornot, France, known as the “Horseshoe Woods” when it came under heavy German fire.

Company G was given the order to withdraw across the Moselle River, but many men were killed during the retreat. Schlamp was among those killed, but he could not be recovered because of the intense fighting. One year later, in September 1945, the War Department issued a “Finding of Death” because his body was unaccounted for.

Schlamp was accounted for by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency on March 21, 2022, after his remains were exhumed from the Lorraine American Cemetery, Limey, France, in June 2021 for laboratory analysis.

His name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at Epinal American Cemetery in Dinozé, France, along with others still missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.

As of May 2023, more than 81,000 Americans remain missing from WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War and the Gulf Wars/other conflicts. Out of the total, approximately 75% of the losses are located in the Indo-Pacific region, and over 41,000 of the missing are presumed lost at sea (such as ship losses and known aircraft water losses).