Category: No Longer Missing

DPAA has identified and accounted for the following formerly-missing US soldier.

• CPL Eldon W. Ervin, HQ Battery, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division, US Army, was lost on 28 Novemer 1950 in North Korea. He was accounted for on 9 February 2016.

You’re no longer missing, CPL Ervin. Our apologies that your return took so long.

Rest in peace, elder brother-in-arms. You’re home now.

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Over 73,000 US personnel remain unaccounted for from World War II; over 7,800 US personnel remain unaccounted for from the Korean War; and over 1,600 remain unaccounted for in Southeast Asia (SEA). Comparison of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from recovered remains against mtDNA from a matrilineal descendant can assist in making a positive ID for unidentified remains that have already been recovered, or which may be recovered in the future.

DPAA’s web site now has what appears to be a decent “Contact Us” page. The page doesn’t have instructions concerning who can and cannot submit a mtDNA sample or how to submit one, but the POCs listed there may be able to refer you to someone who can answer that question – or may be able to answer the question themselves. If you think you might possibly qualify, please contact one of those POCs for further information.

If your family lost someone in one of these conflicts and you qualify to submit a mtDNA sample, please arrange to submit one. By doing that you just might help identify the remains of a US service member who’s been repatriated but not yet been identified – as well as a relative of yours, however distant. Or you may help to identify remains to be recovered in the future.

Everybody deserves a proper burial. That’s especially true for those who gave their all while serving this nation.

DPAA has identified and accounted for the following formerly-missing US soldier.

• CPL Dudley L. Evans, G Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, US Army, was lost on 15 February 1951 in South Korea. He was accounted for on 29 January 2016.

You’re no longer missing, elder brother-in-arms. Our apologies that your return took so long.

You’re home now.  Rest in peace.

. . .

Over 73,000 US personnel remain unaccounted for from World War II; over 7,800 US personnel remain unaccounted for from the Korean War; and over 1,600 remain unaccounted for in Southeast Asia (SEA).  Comparison of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from recovered remains against mtDNA from a matrilineal descendant can assist in making a positive ID for unidentified remains that have already been recovered, or which may be recovered in the future.

DPAA’s web site now has what appears to be a decent “Contact Us” page.  The page doesn’t have instructions concerning who can and cannot submit a mtDNA sample or how to submit one, but the POCs listed there may be able to refer you to someone who can answer that question – or may be able to answer the question themselves.  If you think you might possibly qualify, please contact one of those POCs for further information.

If your family lost someone in one of these conflicts and you qualify to submit a mtDNA sample, please arrange to submit one.  By doing that you just might help identify the remains of a US service member who’s been repatriated but not yet been identified – as well as a relative of yours, however distant.  Or you may help to identify remains to be recovered in the future.

Everybody deserves a proper burial.  That’s especially true for those who gave their all while serving this nation.

DPAA has identified and accounted for the following formerly-missing US soldier.

From Korea

• PFC Roy A. Henderson, B Company, 1st Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, US Army, was lost on 27 July 1950 in South Korea. He was accounted for on 14 January 2016.

You’re no longer missing, elder brother-in-arms. Our apologies that your return took so long.

Rest in peace. You’re home now.

. . .

Over 73,000 US personnel remain unaccounted for from World War II; over 7,800 US personnel remain unaccounted for from the Korean War; and over 1,600 remain unaccounted for in Southeast Asia (SEA). Comparison of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from recovered remains against mtDNA from a matrilineal descendant can assist in making a positive ID for unidentified remains that have already been recovered, or which may be recovered in the future.

DPAA’s web site now has what appears to be a decent “Contact Us” page. The page doesn’t have instructions concerning who can and cannot submit a mtDNA sample or how to submit one, but the POCs listed there may be able to refer you to someone who can answer that question – or may be able to answer the question themselves. If you think you might possibly qualify, please contact one of those POCs for further information.

If your family lost someone in one of these conflicts and you qualify to submit a mtDNA sample, please arrange to submit one. By doing that you just might help identify the remains of a US service member who’s been repatriated but not yet been identified – as well as a relative of yours, however distant. Or you may help to identify remains to be recovered in the future.

Everybody deserves a proper burial. That’s especially true for those who gave their all while serving this nation.

 

Author’s Note:  the linked DPAA webpage indicates PFC Henderson was lost in “North Korea”.  This is incorrect.  US ground forces were being pushed south throughout July 1950, and were all well south of Seoul on 27 July 1950.  PFC Henderson became MIA (and thus was “lost”) in South Korea.  Based on his unit’s known history, he was most likely lost in the general vicinity of Chinju (now Jinju), South Korea.

DPAA has identified and accounted for the following formerly-missing US military personnel.

From World War II

• CPO Albert E. Hayden, assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma, US Navy, was lost on 7 December 1941 at Pearl Harbor, HI.  He was accounted for on 7 December 2015.

• ENS Lewis. S Stockdale, assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma, US Navy, was lost on 7 December 1941 at Pearl Harbor, HI.  He was accounted for on 15 December 2015.

• Seaman 2nd Class Dale F. Pearce, assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma, US Navy, was lost on 7 December 1941 at Pearl Harbor, HI.  He was accounted for on 16 December 2015.

• PO1 Vernon T. Luke, assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma, US Navy, was lost on 7 December 1941 at Pearl Harbor, HI.  He was accounted for on 17 December 2015.

• CPO Duff Gordon, assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma, US Navy, was lost on 7 December 1941 at Pearl Harbor, HI.  He was accounted for on 18 December 2015.

From Korea

• CPL Kenneth R. Stuck, L Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, US Army, was lost on 2 November 1950 in North Korea.  He was accounted for on 8 January 2016.

You’re no longer missing, elder brothers-in-arms.  Our apologies that your return took so long.

Now you’re home. Rest in peace.

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Over 73,000 US personnel remain unaccounted for from World War II; over 7,800 US personnel remain unaccounted for from the Korean War; and over 1,600 remain unaccounted for in Southeast Asia (SEA).  Comparison of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from recovered remains against mtDNA from a matrilineal descendant can assist in making a positive ID for unidentified remains that have already been recovered, or which may be recovered in the future.

DPAA’s web site now has what appears to be a decent “Contact Us” page.  The page doesn’t have instructions concerning who can and cannot submit a mtDNA sample or how to submit one, but the POCs listed there may be able to refer you to someone who can answer that question – or may be able to answer the question themselves.  If you think you might possibly qualify, please contact one of those POCs for further information.

If your family lost someone in one of these conflicts and you qualify to submit a mtDNA sample, please arrange to submit one.  By doing that you just might help identify the remains of a US service member who’s been repatriated but not yet been identified – as well as a relative of yours, however distant.  Or you may help to identify remains to be recovered in the future.

Everybody deserves a proper burial.  That’s especially true for those who gave their all while serving this nation.

DPAA has announced the identification and accounting for of the following formerly-missing member of the US military.

From World War II

• 1st. Lt. Leonard R. Farron, 67th Fighter Squadron, 347th Fighter Group, 13th Air Force, US Army Air Forces, was lost on 15 October 1942 on Guadalcanal. He was accounted for on 9 December 2015.

You’re no longer missing, elder brother-in-arms. Our apologies that your return took so long.

You’re home now. Rest in peace.

. . .

Over 73,000 US personnel remain unaccounted for from World War II; over 7,800 US personnel remain unaccounted for from the Korean War; and over 1,600 remain unaccounted for in Southeast Asia (SEA). Comparison of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from recovered remains against mtDNA from a matrilineal descendant can assist in making a positive ID for unidentified remains that have already been recovered, or which may be recovered in the future.

DPAA’s web site now has what appears to be a decent “Contact Us” page. The page doesn’t have instructions concerning who can and cannot submit a mtDNA sample or how to submit one, but the POCs listed there may be able to refer you to someone who can answer that question – or may be able to answer the question themselves. If you think you might possibly qualify, please contact one of those POCs for further information.

If your family lost someone in one of these conflicts and you qualify to submit a mtDNA sample, please arrange to submit one. By doing that you just might help identify the remains of a US service member who’s been repatriated but not yet been identified – as well as a relative of yours, however distant. Or you may help to identify remains to be recovered in the future.

Everybody deserves a proper burial. That’s especially true for those who gave their all while serving this nation.

Shortly after I posted yesterday’s article on the subject, DPAA announced it had identifiied and accounted for another formerly-missing US Soldier.

From Korea

• PVT James M. Smith, K Company, 28th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, US Army, was lost on 12 February 1951 in North Korea. He was accounted for on 8 December 2015.

You’re no longer missing, elder brother-in-arms. Our apologies that your return took so long.

Welcome home. Rest in peace.

. . .

Over 73,000 US personnel remain unaccounted for from World War II; over 7,800 US personnel remain unaccounted for from the Korean War; and over 1,600 remain unaccounted for in Southeast Asia (SEA). Comparison of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from recovered remains against mtDNA from a matrilineal descendant can assist in making a positive ID for unidentified remains that have already been recovered, or which may be recovered in the future.

DPAA’s web site now has what appears to be a decent “Contact Us” page. The page doesn’t have instructions concerning who can and cannot submit a mtDNA sample or how to submit one, but the POCs listed there may be able to refer you to someone who can answer that question – or may be able to answer the question themselves. If you think you might possibly qualify, please contact one of those POCs for further information.

If your family lost someone in one of these conflicts and you qualify to submit a mtDNA sample, please arrange to submit one. By doing that you just might help identify the remains of a US service member who’s been repatriated but not yet been identified – as well as a relative of yours, however distant. Or you may help to identify remains to be recovered in the future.

Everybody deserves a proper burial. That’s especially true for those who gave their all while serving this nation.

DPAA has announced the identification and accounting for the following formerly-missing US Soldier.

From Korea

• PFC David S. Burke, C Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, US Army, was lost on 27 November 1950 in North Korea. He was accounted for on 3 December 2015.

You’re no longer missing, elder brother-in-arms. Our apologies that your return took so long.

Welcome home. Rest in peace.

. . .

Over 73,000 US personnel remain unaccounted for from World War II; over 7,800 US personnel remain unaccounted for from the Korean War; and over 1,600 remain unaccounted for in Southeast Asia (SEA). Comparison of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from recovered remains against mtDNA from a matrilineal descendant can assist in making a positive ID for unidentified remains that have already been recovered, or which may be recovered in the future.

DPAA’s web site now has what appears to be a decent “Contact Us” page. The page doesn’t have instructions concerning who can and cannot submit a mtDNA sample or how to submit one, but the POCs listed there may be able to refer you to someone who can answer that question – or may be able to answer the question themselves. If you think you might possibly qualify, please contact one of those POCs for further information.

If your family lost someone in one of these conflicts and you qualify to submit a mtDNA sample, please arrange to submit one. By doing that you just might help identify the remains of a US service member who’s been repatriated but not yet been identified – as well as a relative of yours, however distant. Or you may help to identify remains to be recovered in the future.

Everybody deserves a proper burial. That’s especially true for those who gave their all while serving this nation.

DPAA has announced the identification and accounting for the following formerly-missing US Soldier.

From Korea

• SGT Billy J. Williams, 2nd Reconnaissance Company, 2nd Infantry Division, US Army, was lost on 14 February 1951 in North Korea. He was accounted for on 19 November 2015.

You’re no longer missing, elder brother-in-arms. Our apologies that your return took so long.

Welcome home, and rest in peace.

. . .

Over 73,000 US personnel remain unaccounted for from World War II; over 7,800 US personnel remain unaccounted for from the Korean War; and over 1,600 remain unaccounted for in Southeast Asia (SEA). Comparison of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from recovered remains against mtDNA from a matrilineal descendant can assist in making a positive ID for unidentified remains that have already been recovered, or which may be recovered in the future.

DPAA’s web site now has what appears to be a decent “Contact Us” page. The page doesn’t have instructions concerning who can and cannot submit a mtDNA sample or how to submit one, but the POCs listed there may be able to refer you to someone who can answer that question – or may be able to answer the question themselves. If you think you might possibly qualify, please contact one of those POCs for further information.

If your family lost someone in one of these conflicts and you qualify to submit a mtDNA sample, please arrange to submit one. By doing that you just might help identify the remains of a US service member who’s been repatriated but not yet been identified – as well as a relative of yours, however distant. Or you may help to identify remains to be recovered in the future.

Everybody deserves a proper burial. That’s especially true for those who gave their all while serving this nation.