Hurt mixed with hope hung over a Kansas City, Kan., family for decades after Pvt. Henry (Enrique) E. Marquez turned up missing in action in World War II.

When someone would call, then hang up, his mom imagined it was her “Rickey,” refusing to come home from Europe because he had been maimed during the war.

Marquez, of the 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, died in battle in November 1944. But for years, hope compelled his family to leave his room untouched. “He was still missing in action to the family,” said sister Hildreth Stuart, 84. “You dream these impossible dreams. We just had fantasies.”

Full Story: KCK family learns the fate of a relative who died in 1944 in WWII - Kansas City Star

I wonder if the other soldier was MIA also.

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JW

I wondered that as well. I have to assume that he was, given that his body was found in 2007! If I have any free time tonight, I'll try to search for an article from his hometown paper, too.

I'd be interested to read that too

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I found nothing but I only had 10 minutes to search it. I'll try again if the opportunity presents itself.