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Local veterans group asks St. Marys City Council to back petition seeking remains of MIA Gene Alton Dennis
Summary
A Veterans Foundation representative asked the St. Marys City Council to approve a resolution supporting a petition to federal lawmakers and agencies to recover the remains of Gene Alton Dennis, a 1944 Memorial High School graduate reported shot down over North Korea on Sept. 28, 1952; council agreed staff could prepare a resolution for the next meeting.
A representative of the Veterans Foundation asked the St. Marys City Council on Tuesday to endorse a petition urging federal lawmakers and agencies to redouble efforts to recover the remains of Gene Alton Dennis, the only service member from Saint Marys still listed as missing in action from the Korean War.
"His name is Gene Alton Dennis," the representative said, noting Dennis graduated Memorial High School in 1944 and was shot down…
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