U.S.
WWII soldier’s remains to be buried in Vermont
Stars and Stripes
June 12, 2025
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U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Felix J. Shostak was killed in action during World War II. Shostak will be interred at Saint Dominic Cemetery in Proctor, Vt., on June 14, 2025. (Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency)
The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Felix J. Shostak, a soldier killed in action during World War II, will be interred Saturday at Saint Dominic Cemetery in Proctor, Vt.
In August 1944, Shostak was assigned to the 860th Bombardment Squadron, 493rd Bombardment Group, in the European Theater. On Aug 18, Shostak was a crew member onboard a B-24H “Liberator” when it was struck by anti-aircraft fire after a bombing raid on a German position near Boussicourt, France.
Shostak was accounted for by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency on Sept. 19, 2023.
Shostak’s name is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at Ardennes American Cemetery in Neupré, Belgium, along with others still missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Shostak will be buried with full military honors.