The remains of a Utah man who died while serving in World War Two have been identified.

The Defense POW-MIA Accounting Agency says dental and other evidence has been used to positively identify the remains of Marine Corps Reserve Private First Class Robert Hatch of Woods Cross.

Hatch died while fighting the Japanese on a Pacific island in 1943.  Hatch will be buried in Bountiful in mid-December.

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