A soldier killed in combat during World War II will be buried with full military honors Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on June 17, according to U.S. Army Human Resources Command

Staff Sgt. Casimir P. Lobacz of Kenosha, Wis., died while serving near Metz, France, on Sept. 27, 1944. He was 25. 

Lobacz served as part of Company E, 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division. During the Lorraine Campaign in northeastern France, his unit took part in an attack on the German-occupied Fort Driant, a few miles outside the city of Metz. Lobacz was reportedly killed during the initial attack. 

Due to enemy fire, his body was unable to be recovered. Despite searches of the area after the battle, his remains were not found. 

His remains were discovered in 1945 but were not able to be identified. He was buried, unidentified, in the Lorraine American Cemetery in Saint-Avold, France. In 2021, his remains were exhumed for laboratory analysis and transferred back to the U.S.

On March 2, 2022, scientists with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency identified his remains. 

Lobacz’s name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at Lorraine American Cemetery, along with others still missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.