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104-Year-Old Massachusetts Woman Receives Brother's Dog Tags 83 Years After He Died During WWII

Dorothy Stewart lost her brother Bernard Parnell when she was just 21. "First off he was handsome," said Stewart.

(CBS Boston)

Updated on: September 30, 2026

After 83 years, a 104-year-old Beverly, Massachusetts, woman finally has her brother's dog tags after his plane crashed during World War II in 1943. Beverly Veterans' Services doesn't know how they ended up in a file that came to their office, but they spent years trying to reunite the tags with the veteran's family.

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Dorothy Stewart lost her brother Bernard Parnell when she was just 21. "First off he was handsome," said Stewart.

Dorothy Stewart lost her brother Bernard Parnell when she was just 21. "First off he was handsome," said Stewart.

Find out what's happening in Beverlyfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

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