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S/Sgt Paul A. Huzarewicz Jr. enlisted in Erie, Pennsylvania on 12 December 1942.

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced on 30 September 2025 tha S/Sgt. Paul A. Huzarewicz Jr. has been accounted for.

In early December 1944, Allied forces were fighting to secure positions on the east bank of the Saar River near Pachten and Dillingen, Germany. On 11 December 1944, his battalion was ordered to eliminate German-held pillboxes between the two towns. While leading three soldiers to reinforce an American-held pillbox, Huzarewicz was struck by enemy gunfire and fell to the ground. Intense fighting prevented his comrades from reaching him, and his remains could not be recovered before the 90th Infantry Division withdrew from the bridgehead.

When U.S. forces returned to the area in 1945, no remains identifiable as his were found. Beginning in 1946, the American Graves Registration Command searched extensively across Pachten and Dillingen and recovered several sets of remains buried by German forces or local civilians, including five sets interred together in a small cemetery in Pachten. After analysis at the American Graves Registration Command Central Identification Point at Saint-Avold, France, technicians determined that these burials were commingled remains of six individuals; two were identified, while the remaining four were buried as Unknowns. Huzarewicz was declared non-recoverable in 1951.

In 2021, the Department of Defense and the American Battle Monuments Commission exhumed these Unknowns from the Ardennes American Cemetery for further study. They were accessioned into a DPAA laboratory for analysis. There, scientists used modern forensic techniques to identify Huzarewicz.

Funeral arrangements are pending (information added January 2026).