CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio — After 80 years, the remains of a true American hero have returned home to Northeast Ohio . On Saturday, Platoon Sgt. Harold Weaver of Cuyahoga Falls was laid to rest.

In 1945, Weaver was killed in action fighting for our country at Okinawa. According to Saturday's service program, the Japanese military launched a massive counterattack against American lines on May 4.

It killed at least 15 men in Weaver's unit alone, including Weaver.

The program said the bodies were collected and buried, some so badly mangled they were unidentifiable. Weaver was declared permanently non-recoverable in 1950.

However, remains were found in 2016, and in 2023, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency officially determined they belonged to Weaver.

3News talked with Weaver’s niece, Car

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