{"id":127996,"date":"2022-07-17T06:59:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T10:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=127996"},"modified":"2022-07-17T06:59:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T10:59:20","slug":"six-more-are-accounted-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=127996","title":{"rendered":"Six More Are Accounted For"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

PFC John L. Ferguson<\/b>, US Army, assigned to the 28th Materiel Squadron, U.S. Army Air Forces<\/i>, was lost at Cabanatuan POW Camp, Philippines, on 10 December 1942. His accounting was announced on 14 July 2022.<\/p>\n

2nd Lt Pharis E. Weekley<\/b>, US Army, assigned to the 328th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 93th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 9th Air Force, US Army Air Forces, was lost IVO Ploesti, Romania, on 1 August 1943. His accounting was announced on 14 July 2022. <\/p>\n

SSG Moses F. Tate<\/b>, US Army, assigned to 415th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 98th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 9th Air Force, US Army Air Forces, was lost IVO Ploesti, Romania, on 1 August 1943. His accounting was announced on 14 July 2022. <\/p>\n

SGT Herald R. Boyd<\/b>, US Army, assigned to 350th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 8th Air Force, US Army Air Forces, was lost IVO Berlin, Germany, on 3 February 1945. His accounting was announced on 13 June 2022. <\/p>\n

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

PVT Felix M. Yanez<\/b>, US Army, assigned Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, was lost north of Taejon, South Korea, on 1 July 1950. His accounting was announced on 14 July 2022. <\/p>\n

PFC Melvin J. Little Bear<\/b>, US Army, assigned to K Company, 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, was lost IVO Changbong-ni,, South Korea, on 21 July 1951. His accounting was announced on 14 July 2022. <\/p>\n

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

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

Welcome back, elder brothers-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\u2019s Note<\/u>: an earlier “No Longer Missing” article indicated that SSG George B. Walker, US Army Air Forces, had been lost during a bombing raid IVO Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Information I subsequently discovered indicates that he in fact survived the raid, was taken POW, and died after being shot while trying to escape from Stalag Luft 6 IVO Heydekrug, Germany (formerly in East Prussia, now in Lithuania). The original article has been corrected; my apologies for the earlier error.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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