Before Saturday, the gravestone of U.S. Army Air Forces Tech. Sgt. Max W. Lower sat only on grass, soil and 77 years of uncertainty.
With a tearful goodbye and military honors, the Lower family finally found closure as the newly identified remains of the fallen World War II veteran were buried in the cemetery at Lewiston, in northern Utah.
“We are so thankful for the wonderful example he has set for us,” said Max Lower’s younger brother, Samual Steven Lower Jr., who was 6 years old when the family bid farewell to Lower in 1942.
The next year, Max Lower was working as the radio operator on a B-24 Liberator bomber when it was shot down over Ploiesti, Romania.