Category: No Longer Missing

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

From World War II

• FM1c Samuel W. Crowder, US Navy, assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma, was lost at Pearl Harbor, HI, on 7 December 1941. He was accounted for on 30 August 2017.

• FM1c Elmer D. Nail, US Navy, assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma, was lost at Pearl Harbor, HI, on 7 December 1941. He was accounted for on 31 August 2017.

• Pvt. Vernon P. Keaton, US Marine Corps, assigned to the USS Oklahoma, was lost at Pearl Harbor, HI, on 7 December 1941. He was accounted for on 24 August 2017.

• PVT Raymond Sinowitz, 454th Ordnance Company, 27th Bombardment Group, Far East Air Force, US Army, was lost in the Philippines on 26 September 1942. He was accounted for on 24 August 2017.

From Korea

• HC1 William G. Payne, US Navy, assigned to the 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, USMC, was lost in North Korea on 1 December 1950. He was accounted for on 25 August 2017.

From Southeast Asia

• CMSgt Donald J. Hall, Detachment 5, 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, US Air Force, was lost in Vietnam on 6 February 1967. He was accounted for on 25 August 2017.

Welcome back, elder brothers-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 DNA from recovered remains against DNA from some (but not all) blood relatives can assist in making a positive ID for unidentified remains that have already been recovered, or which may be recovered in the future.

On their web site’s “Contact Us” page, DPAA now has FAQs. The answer to one of those FAQs describes who can and cannot submit DNA samples useful in identifying recovered remains. The chart giving the answer can be viewed here. The text associated with the chart is short and can be viewed in DPAA’s FAQs.

If your family lost someone in one of these conflicts and you qualify to submit a DNA 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: While Jonn published an article announcing the recovery of SSG William Turner’s remains some time ago, as of 6 September 2017 DPAA had yet to formally announce his accounting. The other individuals listed above were not announced by DPAA as having been accounted for until on or after 5 September 2017.)

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

From World War II

• GM1c George Herbert, US Navy, assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma, was lost at Pearl Harbor, HI, on 7 December 1941. He was accounted for on 14 August 2017.

• PhM1c John H. Schoonover, US Navy, assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma, was lost at Pearl Harbor, HI, on 7 December 1941. He was accounted for on 15 August 2017.

• Tech 4 Pete M. Counter, Company C, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, US Army, was lost on Papua New Guinea on 5 December 1942. He was accounted for on 7 August 2017.

• Tech Sgt Earl P. Gorman, 718th Bombardment Squadron, 449th Bombardment Group, US Army Air Forces, US Army, was lost in Yugoslavia on 23 April 1944. He was accounted for on 9 August 2017.

• 1st Lt. Frank A. Fazekas, 22nd Fighter Squadron, 36th Fighter Group, US Army Air Forces, US Army, was lost in France on 27 May 1944. He was accounted for on 8 August 2017.

• ARM2c Albert P. Rybarczyk, Navy Torpedo Squadron Eighteen (VT-18), USS Intrepid, US Navy, was lost on Palau on 8 September 1944. He was accounted for on 14 August 2017.

• AOM2c Ora H. Sharninghouse, Navy Torpedo Squadron Eighteen (VT-18), USS Intrepid, US Navy, was lost on Palau on 8 September 1944. He was accounted for on 14 August 2017.

• 2nd Lt. Stanley F. Stegnerski, 370th Fighter Squadron, 359th Fighter Group, 8th Fighter Command, US Army Air Forces, US Army, was lost in Germany on 21 November 1944. He was accounted for on 16 August 2017.

• PVT Rudolph Johnson, Company K, 3rd Battalion, 365th Infantry Regiment, 92nd Infantry Division, US Army, was lost in Italy on 21 February1945. He was accounted for on 10 August 2017.

From Korea

• PFC Walter W. Green, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, US Army, was lost in North Korea on 2 November 1950. He was accounted for on 10 August 2017.

• MSG Finley J. Davis, Company D, 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, US Army, was lost in North Korea on 1 December 1950. He was accounted for on 11 August 2017.

• PFC James P. Shaw, Company G, 2nd Battalion 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, US Army, was lost in North Korea on 3 December 1950. He was accounted for on 10 August 2017.

• SGT Philip J. Iyotte, Company E, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, US Army, was lost in North Korea on 9 February 1951. He was accounted for on 8 August 2017.

• PFC Felipe A. Champion, Company K, 3rd Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, US Army, was lost in South Korea on 12 February 1951. He was accounted for on 17 August 2017.

• CPL Ernest L.R. Heilman, Battery B, 15th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, US Army, was lost in South Korea on 13 February 1951. He was accounted for on 11 August 2017.

From Southeast Asia

• Col. Martin R. Scott, Headquarters, 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, US Air Force, was lost in Vietnam on 15 March 1966. He was accounted for on 13 August 2017.

• 1st Lt. David T. Dinan, III, US Air Force Reserve, assigned to 34th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 288th Tactical Fighter Wing, 7th Air Force, US Air Force, was lost in Laos on 19 March 1969. He was accounted for on 7 August 2017.

Welcome back, elder brothers-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 7,700 US personnel remain unaccounted for from the Korean War; and over 1,600 remain unaccounted for in Southeast Asia (SEA). Comparison of DNA from recovered remains against DNA from some (but not all) blood relatives can assist in making a positive ID for unidentified remains that have already been recovered, or which may be recovered in the future.

On their web site’s “Contact Us” page, DPAA now has FAQs. The answer to one of those FAQs describes who can and cannot submit DNA samples useful in identifying recovered remains. The chart giving the answer can be viewed here. The text associated with the chart is short and can be viewed in DPAA’s FAQs.

If your family lost someone in one of these conflicts and you qualify to submit a DNA 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: While Jonn published an article announcing the recovery of SSG William Turner’s remains this past week, it appears that as of 18 August 2017 DPAA had not yet formally announced his accounting.

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

From World War II

• RM2c Walter H. Backman, US Navy, assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma, was lost at Pearl Harbor, HI, on 7 December 1941. He was accounted for on 4 August 2017.

• RM2c Quentin J. Gifford, US Navy, assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma, was lost at Pearl Harbor, HI, on 7 December 1941. He was accounted for on 31 July 2017.

• 2nd Lt. Clarence E. Allen, 295th Fighter Squadron, 268th Fighter Group, US Army Air Forces, US Army, was lost in Germany on 12 October 1944. He was accounted for on 1 August 2017.

From Korea

• CPL Roy J. Hopper, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, US Army, was lost in South Korea on 31 July 1950. He was accounted for on 7 August 2017.

• PFC Walter C. Hackenberg, Company F, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, US Army, was lost in South Korea on 25 April 1951. He was accounted for on 3 August 2017.

From Southeast Asia

• None

Welcome back, elder brothers-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 DNA from recovered remains against DNA from some (but not all) blood relatives can assist in making a positive ID for unidentified remains that have already been recovered, or which may be recovered in the future.

On their web site’s “Contact Us” page, DPAA now has FAQs. The answer to one of those FAQs describes who can and cannot submit DNA samples useful in identifying recovered remains. The chart giving the answer can be viewed here. The text associated with the chart is short and can be viewed in DPAA’s FAQs.

If your family lost someone in one of these conflicts and you qualify to submit a DNA 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: Jonn published an article announcing RM2c Gifford’s accounting a few days ago. While DPAA’s “Recently Accounted For” page gives his date of accounting as 31 July 2017, that fact was not published on DPAA’s web site until on or after 7 August 2017.

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

From World War II

• Pvt Alberic M. Blanchette, Company K, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Division, USMC, was lost on Tarawa on 20 November 1943. He was accounted for on 17 July 2017.

• Pvt Joseph Carbone, Company K, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Division, USMC, was lost on Tarawa on 20 November 1943. He was accounted for on 17 July 2017.

From Korea

• None

From Southeast Asia

• None

Welcome back, elder brothers-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 DNA from recovered remains against DNA from some (but not all) blood relatives can assist in making a positive ID for unidentified remains that have already been recovered, or which may be recovered in the future.

On their web site’s “Contact Us” page, DPAA now has FAQs. The answer to one of those FAQs describes who can and cannot submit DNA samples useful in identifying recovered remains. The chart giving the answer can be viewed here. The text associated with the chart is short and can be viewed in DPAA’s FAQs.

If your family lost someone in one of these conflicts and you qualify to submit a DNA 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 personnel.

From World War II

• Cpl Raymond C. Snapp, Company F, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, USMC, was lost on Tarawa on 20 November 1943. He was accounted for on 11 July 2017.

• Cpl Anthony G. Guerriero, Company B, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Division, USMC, was lost on Tarawa on 21 November 1943. He was accounted for on 11 July 2017.

• 2nd Lt. Richard M. Horwitz, 716th Bomber Squadron, 449th Bombardment Group, US Army Air Forces, US Army, was lost in Italy on 28 February 1945. He was accounted for on 11 July 2017.

From Korea

• SGT William A. Larkins, A Battery, 503rd Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, US Army, was lost in North Korea on 1 December 1950. He was accounted for on 10 July 2017.

From Southeast Asia

• None

Welcome back, 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 DNA from recovered remains against DNA from some (but not all) blood relatives can assist in making a positive ID for unidentified remains that have already been recovered, or which may be recovered in the future.

On their web site’s “Contact Us” page, DPAA now has FAQs. The answer to one of those FAQs describes who can and cannot submit DNA samples useful in identifying recovered remains. The chart giving the answer can be viewed here. The text associated with the chart is short and can be viewed in DPAA’s FAQs.

If your family lost someone in one of these conflicts and you qualify to submit a DNA 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 personnel.

From World War II

• SGT Richard G. Sowell, 295th Joint Assault Signal Company, Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 106th Infantry, US Army, was lost on Saipan on 7 July 1944. He was accounted for on 27 June 2017.

• LT William Q. Punnell, VF-14 Fighter Squadron, US Navy, was lost on Palau on 25 July 1944. He was accounted for on 26 June 2017.

• PFC Gerald F. Wipfli, I Company, 3rd Battalion, 112th Infantry, US Army, was lost in Germany on 4 November 1944. He was accounted for on 23 June 2017.

From Korea

• CPL Thomas H. Mullins, L Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, US Army, was lost in North Korea on 2 November 1950. He was accounted for on 21 June 2017.

• CPL Clarence R. Skates, Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, US Army, was lost in North Korea on 30 November 1950. He was accounted for on 22 June 2017.

• PFC Charlie H. Hill, D Battery, 15th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Self-Propelled Battalion, 7th Infantry Division, US Army, was lost in North Korea on 2 December 1950. He was accounted for on 21 June 2017.

• MSG George R. Housekeeper, L Company, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, US Army, was lost in North Korea on 12 December 1950. He was accounted for on 21 June 2017.

• SFC Max E. Harris, L Company, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, US Army, was lost in North Korea on 12 December 1950. He was accounted for on 23 June 2017.

From Southeast Asia

• Capt. Robert E. Holton, 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron, USAF, was lost in Laos on 29 January 1969. He was accounted for on 16 June 2017.

Welcome back, 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 DNA from recovered remains against DNA from some (but not all) blood relatives can assist in making a positive ID for unidentified remains that have already been recovered, or which may be recovered in the future.

On their web site’s “Contact Us” page, DPAA now has FAQs. The answer to one of those FAQs describes who can and cannot submit DNA samples useful in identifying recovered remains. The chart giving the answer can be viewed here. The text associated with the chart is short and can be viewed in DPAA’s FAQs.

If your family lost someone in one of these conflicts and you qualify to submit a DNA 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 personnel.

From World War II

• Pfc George B. Murray, Company B, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, USMC, was lost on Tarawa Atoll on 20 November 1943. He was accounted for on 9 June 2017.

• Pvt Archie W. Newell, Company C, 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, USMC, was lost on Tarawa Atoll on 20 November 1943. He was accounted for on 12 June 2017.

• 1st Lt. George W. Betchley, 429th Bombardment Squadron, 2nd Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force, US Army Air Forces, US Army, was lost in Poland on 22 March 1945. He was accounted for on 9 June 2017.

From Korea

• PFC Albert E. Atkins, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 187th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team, US Army, was lost in South Korea on 23 May 1951. He was accounted for on 13 June 2017.

From Southeast Asia

• Col. Roosevelt Hestle, Jr., 388th Tactical Fighter Squadron, USAF, was lost in North Vietnam on 6 July 1966. He was accounted for on 12 June 2017.

Welcome back, elder brothers-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 DNA from recovered remains against DNA from some (but not all) blood relatives can assist in making a positive ID for unidentified remains that have already been recovered, or which may be recovered in the future.

On their web site’s “Contact Us” page, DPAA now has FAQs. The answer to one of those FAQs describes who can and cannot submit DNA samples useful in identifying recovered remains. The chart giving the answer can be viewed here. The text associated with the chart is short and can be viewed in DPAA’s FAQs.

If your family lost someone in one of these conflicts and you qualify to submit a DNA 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 DPAA by-name listing does not indicate where Col. Hestle was lost. However, the DPAA press release associated with his accounting indicates he was lost near “the town of Thai Ngyuen”.  Per Wikipedia, the town of Thai Ngyuen, Vietnam, is in what was formerly North Vietnam.

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

From World War II

• SSG Gerald L. Jacobsen, 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division, US Army, was lost in France on 15 July 1944. He was accounted for on 9 June 2017.

From Korea

• None

From Southeast Asia

• None

Welcome back, 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 DNA from recovered remains against DNA from some (but not all) blood relatives can assist in making a positive ID for unidentified remains that have already been recovered, or which may be recovered in the future.

On their web site’s “Contact Us” page, DPAA now has FAQs. The answer to one of those FAQs describes who can and cannot submit DNA samples useful in identifying recovered remains. The chart giving the answer can be viewed here. The text associated with the chart is short and can be viewed in DPAA’s FAQs.

If your family lost someone in one of these conflicts and you qualify to submit a DNA 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.