Dog Tag of Fallen WW II Soldier is Returned to Family 80 Years After His Death

Dog Tag of Fallen WW II Soldier is Returned to Family 80 Years After His Death

Dog Tag of Fallen WW II Soldier is Returned to Family 80 Years After His Death Joseph L. Gray’s dog tag from WWII – SWNS The dog tag ID belonging to a fallen World War II soldier has been returned to his family 80 years after his death. Joseph L. Gray was one of 31 servicemen who died in April 1945 when their plane, a B-17 Flying Fortress, crashed into a hill on the Isle of Man. In 2010, around 65 years later, the Philadelphia soldier’s dog tags were unearthed by a metal detector and handed over to the Manx Aviation and Military Museum on the UK island. It wasn’t until the great nephew of another soldier who died in the crash—Donald Madar, a friend of the museum—saw the tag this year and said he knew a relative of Gray’s through a Facebook group he runs. Eight decades on, he returned the “prized possession”, taking it back where he said it belongs—to the technical sergeant’s great niece Bridgette Daily. “It was a wonderful moment handing the tag over,” Donald told SWNS news agency. “I could s…