Funerals will be held next week for the following previously missing individuals recently accounted for by DPAA.
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Last June, DPAA announced that it had accounted for TSgt. Charles G. Ruble, US Army. TSgt. Ruble was lost in the Netherlands on 17 September 1944.
TSgt. Ruble will be buried next week – on Monday, 2 March – in Arlington National Cemetery. Regrettably, DPAA does not seem to have posted the specific location and time for his funeral services or interment.
If any TAH readers have the precise location and time for TSgt. Ruble’s funeral services or interment, please post it in comments below. And if any readers are in the area and have the time, here’s an opportunity to give someone lost during World War II a proper final send-off.
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In November 2018, DPAA announced that it had accounted for PVT Harry W. Wilder, US Army. PVT Wilder was lost in Germany on 14 November 1944.
PVT Wilder will be buried next week – on Wednesday, 4 March – in Arlington National Cemetery. Regrettably, DPAA does not seem to have posted the specific location and time for his funeral services or interment.
If any TAH readers have the precise location and time for PVT Wilder’s funeral services or interment, please post it in comments below. And if any readers are in the area and have the time, here’s an opportunity to give someone lost during World War II a proper final send-off.
From the Arlington National Cemetery page –
https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/
Monday, Mar 2 2020
CHARLES G RUBLE, T SGT, US ARMY Memorial Gate 9:00 AM
Wednesday Mar 4 2020
HARRY W WILDER, PV1, US ARMY Memorial Chapel 10:45 AM
We will raise a glass in Salute and pay Honors to the Sacrifice of these Warriors. Welcome Home!
God rest them well.
Welcome home
Indeed, welcome Home, my Brothers. See you in a while.
Fair winds and following seas, TSgt. Ruble and PVT Wilder.
*Slow Salute*
Welcome home Fallen Warriors, you’ve earned your place in History and Valhalla.