Private Alfred Thomas Langevin. – Courtesy Photo

A World War II veteran’s remains are being returned to Weymouth after 81 years, Weymouth police announced.

Private Alfred Thomas Langevin enlisted into the war in 1942, when his daughter, Mary, was a toddler, according to his obituary .

In late 1944, Langevin was assigned to Company E, 2nd Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, and was reported missing during “an intense period of combat” in Germany’s Hürtgen Forest on Nov. 6, 1944, the announcement says.

The Battle of Hürtgen Forest was fought from September to December that year, aiming to gain control of key land to prevent German counterattacks. The battle was one of the longest and bloodiest battles involving the U.S. military in World War II, with tens of

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