The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Francis E. Callahan, who was killed during World War II, will be interred Monday at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.

Callahan, a native of Staten Island, N.Y., was a navigator assigned to the 732nd Bombardment Squadron, 453rd Bombardment Group, 2nd Combat Bomb Wing, 2nd Air Division, 8th Air Force in the European Theater. He was killed in action on April 8, 1944, at age 22, after the B-24H “Liberator” he was aboard was shot down by enemy fighter aircraft fire while on a bombing mission to Brunswick, Germany.

Callahan was accounted for by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency on June 20, 2024. His remains were recovered from the crash site between 2021 and 2023 for laboratory analysis and identification.