{"id":121442,"date":"2022-01-09T07:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T12:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=121442"},"modified":"2022-01-08T14:16:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T19:16:04","slug":"another-is-known-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=121442","title":{"rendered":"Another Is Known"},"content":{"rendered":"

DPAA\u2019s \u201cRecently Accounted For\u201d webpage<\/i><\/a> indicates that the following formerly-missing US personnel have been accounted for.<\/p>\n

From World War II<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

S1c John R. Melton <\/b>, US Navy, assigned to the crew of the USS West Virginia<\/i>, was lost at Pearl Harbor, HI, on 7 December 1941. His family was notified of his accounting on 29 December 2021.<\/p>\n

From Korea<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

None<\/b><\/p>\n

From Southeast Asia<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

None<\/b><\/p>\n

Welcome back, elder brother-in-arms. Our apologies that your return took so long.<\/p>\n

Rest easy. You\u2019re home now. <\/p>\n

. . .<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over 72,000 US personnel remain unaccounted for from World War II; over 7,500 US personnel remain unaccounted for from the Korean War; and over 1,500 remain unaccounted for in Southeast Asia (SEA). Additionally, 126 US personnel remain unaccounted for from the Cold War; 5 remain unaccounted for from the Gulf Wars; and 1 individual remains unaccounted for from Operation Eldorado Canyon. <\/p>\n

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. The same is true for remains which may be recovered in the future. <\/p>\n

On their web site’s Contact Us<\/em><\/a> 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<\/em><\/a>. The text associated with the chart is short and is found in one of the FAQs.<\/p>\n

If your family lost someone in one of these conflicts who has not yet been accounted for 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\u2019s been repatriated but not yet been identified \u2013 as well as a relative of yours, however distant. Or you may help to identify remains to be recovered in the future.<\/p>\n

Everybody deserves a proper burial. That\u2019s especially true for those who gave their all while serving this nation. <\/p>\n

—–<\/p>\n

Author’s Note<\/u>: DPAA has apparently been quiet for the last 3 weeks regarding announcing new personnel accounting because they have transitioned their website’s “Recently Accounted For” webpage to a new version. It’s substantially different than before, and some info regarding individuals who have been accounted for isn’t as readily available as it was previously (and in a few cases, apparently is no longer readily available at all). Accordingly, I ask that you please bear with me for a while as I get used to the new DPAA format. I’ll try to keep any “disconnects” to a minimum.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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