A funeral with full military honors was held in Iola Thursday for a soldier killed in World War II. He never identified, until this year.
U.S. Army Air Forces Technical Sgt. Elliot Gomillion was working a top-secret mission on Aug. 1, 1943, over Romania. Over 100 bombers took off in the night tasked with destroying oil refineries that were providing a third of petroleum needs to Nazi Germany.
On this mission, the bomber with Tech. Sgt. Gomillion was shot down and his remains, unable to be identified, were preserved and buried as Unknown.
That was until his niece, Ellen Dyer, was contacted to provide DNA for advanced testing working to identify remains.
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