PENNSYLVANIA (WOLF) — The body of a missing Luzerne County man who served in the army during World War II has been accounted for.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Charles H. Knecht, 27, of Nescopeck, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Sept. 19.
According to officials, in late 1944, Knecht was assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Nov. 6 during an intense period of combat near the town of Germeter in the Hürtgen Forest of Germany…