Soldier Missing 80 Years Since 1944 Finally Comes Home To New York

Recently Albany International Airport took part in the dignified transfer of a United States World War II soldier from Kingston, New York. This man had been missing for more than 80 years before returning home.

United States Army soldier Albert Marks was killed in action in Germany in 1944 and remained missing for more than eight decades. On April 2, 2026 the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency identified the remains of U.S. Army Pfc. Albert H. Marks, missing from World War II.

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A dignified transfer is a solemn movement conducted for every U.S. military member who dies in a theater of operations while serving their country. In this case the dignified transfer took place at Albany International Airport.

Typically the team assigned to carry the soldier is composed of military personnel from the specific branch of the fallen service member with a senior-ranking officer from the respective branch of service oversees each transfer.

According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Albert H. Marks entered the service from New York and was assigned to Company G, 2nd Battalion, 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division.

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On Dec. 7, 1944, his unit was part of an assault to capture Dillingen, Germany. During fierce fighting near the village of Pachten, Marks was killed by enemy artillery. His body could not be recovered at the time. Today he is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at Lorraine American Cemetery in St. Avold, France.