*Attached video: Remains of Cleveland WWII Airman brought home after 80 years

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio (WJW) – A World War II veteran from Cuyahoga Falls is finally coming home after nearly eight decades.

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency confirmed the identification of Platoon Sergeant Harold M. Weaver in 2023.

According to the City of Cuyahoga Falls, Weaver was born to Lewis Rollin and Marie (Patterson) Weaver on September 4, 1917, in Cuyahoga Falls. He graduated from Cuyahoga Falls High School and attended Kent State University before enlisting in the Marine Corps in 1941.

“As a Marine in Love Company, Third Battalion, 7th Marines, Sergeant Weaver served bravely in some of the most pivotal battles of World War II, including Guadalcanal, Peleliu, and Okinawa,” the city said in a Wedn

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