GRAVETTE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Eighty-one years after being killed in action during the D-Day Invasion of Normandy, Private Rodger Andrews was buried at Bethel Cemetery in his hometown of Gravette.

The remains of Private Rodger Dean Andrews, killed during the D-Day invasion, have been identified through DNA analysis and are finally being returned home.

Private Rodger Dean Andrews, a U.S. Army service member from Gravette and recipient of the Purple Heart, was laid to rest in ...