On the morning of October 9, 2026, a Southwest Airlines flight landed at Albany International Airport carrying the remains of U.S. Army Private First Class Albert H. Marks of Kingston. Members of the New York Army National Guard Honor Guard received the flag-draped transfer case on the tarmac. Family and friends were present. The airport noted that after more than 80 years, a World War II soldier was finally coming home.

It had been 81 years, 10 months, and 2 days since Marks was killed on the German front. The record of what happened in between is a DPAA case file, and this account follows the case file.