{"id":108202,"date":"2020-12-13T07:31:50","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T12:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=108202"},"modified":"2020-12-14T07:53:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T12:53:07","slug":"a-public-service-announcement-dpaa-needs-your-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=108202","title":{"rendered":"A Public Service Announcement:  DPAA Needs Your Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DPAA has been making significant progress in identifying US war dead who were previously considered MIA during recent years.  That\u2019s particularly true with respect to those who were lost at Pearl Harbor.<\/p>\n<p>However, with respect to that last endeavor DPAA could use some help from members of the US public.<\/p>\n<p>There are 25 personnel lost at Pearl Harbor whose remains have been recovered from the <i>USS Oklahoma<\/i>.  Unfortunately, current technology and records don\u2019t permit a definitive identification without a NA sample \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/omaha.com\/news\/state-and-regional\/these-uss-oklahoma-sailors-wont-be-identified-unless-family-members-give-dna-sample\/article_c0d4cf19-0af6-5ce7-a89a-abd9e066251e.html\"><i>and no such DNA sample has been provided to date<\/i><\/a>.  Without a suitable maternal-line DNA sample these individuals\u2019 remains cannot be identified.  <\/p>\n<p>The individuals in question are listed below.  Their name is listed first, followed by their place of birth.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2022 Allen, Stanley Willis; Bethel, Maine<br \/>\n\u2022 Brewer, Randall Walter; Richmond, Virginia<br \/>\n\u2022 Buchanan, James Rufus; Flint, Michigan<br \/>\n\u2022 Casola, Biacio; New York City, New York<br \/>\n\u2022 Curry, William McKnight; York, Alabama<br \/>\n\u2022 Doernenburg, Kenneth Edward; Dorchester, Wisconsin<br \/>\n\u2022 Halterman, Robert Emile; Ottawa, Illinois<br \/>\n\u2022 Henrichsen, Jimmie Lee; Sioux City, Iowa<br \/>\n\u2022 Herber, Harvey Christopher; Tacoma, Washington<br \/>\n\u2022 Hoag, Frank Samuel Jr.; Aberdeen, Washington<br \/>\n\u2022 Jackson, Willie; Bayou Lafourche, Lousiana<br \/>\n\u2022 Jones, Jerry; Springs, Mississippi<br \/>\n\u2022 Lindsey, Harold William; Waxahachie, Texas<br \/>\n\u2022 Nevill, Sam Douglas; Elk City, Oklahoma<br \/>\n\u2022 Regan, Leo Basil; Fair Haven, Vermont<br \/>\n\u2022 Riley, David Joseph; Green Bay, Wisconsin<br \/>\n\u2022 Smith, Rowland Hampton; San Diego, California<br \/>\n\u2022 Tanner, Rangner Faber Jr.; Sherman, California<br \/>\n\u2022 Terhune, Benjamin C.; Salisbury Township, Missouri<br \/>\n\u2022 Thompson, Clarence; New Orleans, Louisiana<br \/>\n\u2022 Walker, Harry Earnest; Gratio, Tennessee<br \/>\n\u2022 Walters, Charles Edward; Middleport, Ohio<br \/>\n\u2022 Williams, Albert Luther; Champaign, Illinois<br \/>\n\u2022 Williams, Wilbur Slade; James City, North Carolina<br \/>\n\u2022 Zvansky, Thomas; Rittman, Ohio<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you \u2013 or someone you know \u2013 is related to one of these individuals lost at Pearl Harbor, please consider contacting DPAA and seeing if you (or they) qualify to provide a DNA sample.  Otherwise, it\u2019s entirely possible that a relative of yours\/theirs who could be identified will remain \u201cknown only to God\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone deserves a proper burial.  That\u2019s particularly true for those who gave their all in the defense of this nation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><i><u>Author\u2019s Note<\/u>:  Hat tip to longtime commenter 5th\/77th FA  (AKA AW1Ed\u2019s favorite Gun Bunny) for providing the link in the article above.  The linked article provides telephone contact information for DPAA.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DPAA has been making significant progress in identifying US war dead who were previously considered MIA &hellip; <a title=\"A Public Service Announcement:  DPAA Needs Your Help\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=108202\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Public Service Announcement:  DPAA Needs Your Help<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":623,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[210],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-no-longer-missing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/623"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108364,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108202\/revisions\/108364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}