WASHINGTON (WJW)— A Northeast Ohio soldier is coming home after 80 years.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Tuesday that U.S. Army 2nd Lt. William B. Bucey, 29, of Cleveland, who died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was officially accounted for on March 3, 2025.
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New details were released Tuesday after Bucey’s family was briefed.
In 1942, Bucey served with the 121st Infantry Regiment of the Philippine Army, fighting in guerrilla operations after the Japanese invasion of Luzon.
Despite the surrender of Bataan on April 9, 1942, and Corregidor Island on May 6, Bucey was captured…