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U.S. service members, family, friends, and community gather to attend a memorial and following internment service for U.S. Army Air Force 2nd Lt. David M. Lewis, a pilot assigned to the 345th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), at Old Saltillo United Methodist Church in Saltillo, Texas, July 16, 2023. Lewis was killed in action August 1, 1943 while participating in Operation TIDAL WAVE, a bombing raid against the oil refineries around Ploiesti, Romania, during WWII. Approximately 80% of his remains were identified May 11, 2022 through DNA testing performed at the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Callie Ware)