[Lonesome in Massachussets]

You may find this interesting:

http://gravestonecollector.blogspot.com/2014/10/wwii-german-and-italian-soldiers-buried.html

[yarddog]

I can’t recall the entire story but an American tourist happened to see the headstone and recognized the name.

They contacted the family and records showed that it was his grave and they returned the remains to Florida.