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WWII veteran's remains identified in Plymouth Township

Published: July 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM

After nearly three decades of mystery, skeletal remains found in a rolled-up carpet in a Plymouth Township field near railroad tracks have been identified as those of Benjamin Harrison Fountain, a World War II veteran born in 1926.

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