Langevin, Alfred T.
Army Private

Alfred T. Langevin from Weymouth, Massachusetts, Norfolk county.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Tuesday, November 7, 1944
Death details: On July 30, 2025, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency identified the remains of U.S. Army Pvt. Alfred T. Langevin, missing from World War II.

Langevin entered the Army from Massachusetts and served in E Company, 2nd Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division. On Nov. 6, 1944, he was reported missing in action while on a reconnaissance patrol southwest of Hürtgen, Germany. The exact circumstances of his loss are unknown, but the fighting in this area, part of the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest, involved combat against fortified German positions, and difficult terrain that hampered visibility and movement. Following the end of hostilities, American Graves Registration Command personnel recovered a set of remains from the woods in the area where Langevin was lost. All identification efforts were unsuccessful, and in May 1949, the remains were declared unidentifiable and interred at the Ardennes American Cemetery in Belgium. In June 2021, DPAA disinterred this set of remains and transferred it to the laboratory for analysis. Using modern forensic techniques, scientists then identified Langevin.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency