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<\/a><\/h2>\nUSS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II<\/h2>\nNavy Mess Attendant 2nd Class Archie Callahan, Jr.<\/h2>\n
The Defense POW\/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Mess Attendant 2nd Class Archie Callahan, Jr., 19, of\u00a0Newark, New Jersey, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Nov. 27, 2017.<\/p>\n
On Dec. 7, 1941, Callahan was assigned to the battleship USS\u00a0Oklahoma<\/em>, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS\u00a0Oklahoma<\/em>\u00a0sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Callahan.<\/p>\nFrom December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu\u2019uanu Cemeteries.<\/p>\n
In September 1947, tasked with recovering and identifying fallen U.S. personnel in the Pacific Theater, members of the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred the remains of U.S. casualties from the two cemeteries and transferred them to the Central Identification Laboratory at Schofield Barracks. The laboratory staff was only able to confirm the identifications of 35 men from the USS\u00a0Oklahoma<\/em>\u00a0at that time. The AGRS subsequently buried the unidentified remains in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. In October 1949, a military board classified those who could not be identified as non-recoverable, including Callahan.<\/p>\nBetween June and November 2015, DPAA personnel exhumed the USS\u00a0Oklahoma<\/em>\u00a0Unknowns from the Punchbowl for analysis.<\/p>\nTo identify Callahan\u2019s remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the\u00a0Armed Forces Medical Examiner System\u00a0used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), analysis.<\/p>\n
Callahan\u2019s\u00a0name is recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the Punchbowl, along with the others who are missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.<\/p>\n
Callahan will be buried on\u00a0May 5, 2023, in Arlington National Cemetery.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nPilot Accounted For From Vietnam War<\/h2>\nAir Force Colonel\u00a0Ernest L. De Soto<\/h2>\n
The Defense POW\/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Air Force Colonel\u00a0Ernest L. De Soto, 37, reported missing\u00a0during the Vietnam War, was accounted for March 23, 2023.<\/p>\n
On April 12, 1969, De Soto was the pilot of a F-4D Phantom II assigned to 390th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 336th Tactical Fighter Wing. De Soto, his navigator and another aircraft were returning from a cancelled strike mission near Quang Nam Province, Vietnam when both aircraft ascended into heavy cloud cover. The lead aircraft noticed De Soto\u2019s plane was not in sight and immediately began an aerial search without success. De Soto was posthumously promoted to Colonel while in a missing status.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/h2>\nUSS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II<\/h2>\nNavy Mess Attendant 2nd Class Archie Callahan, Jr.<\/h2>\n
The Defense POW\/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Mess Attendant 2nd Class Archie Callahan, Jr., 19, of\u00a0Newark, New Jersey, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Nov. 27, 2017.<\/p>\n
On Dec. 7, 1941, Callahan was assigned to the battleship USS\u00a0Oklahoma<\/em>, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS\u00a0Oklahoma<\/em>\u00a0sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Callahan.<\/p>\n From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu\u2019uanu Cemeteries.<\/p>\n In September 1947, tasked with recovering and identifying fallen U.S. personnel in the Pacific Theater, members of the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred the remains of U.S. casualties from the two cemeteries and transferred them to the Central Identification Laboratory at Schofield Barracks. The laboratory staff was only able to confirm the identifications of 35 men from the USS\u00a0Oklahoma<\/em>\u00a0at that time. The AGRS subsequently buried the unidentified remains in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. In October 1949, a military board classified those who could not be identified as non-recoverable, including Callahan.<\/p>\n Between June and November 2015, DPAA personnel exhumed the USS\u00a0Oklahoma<\/em>\u00a0Unknowns from the Punchbowl for analysis.<\/p>\n To identify Callahan\u2019s remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the\u00a0Armed Forces Medical Examiner System\u00a0used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), analysis.<\/p>\n Callahan\u2019s\u00a0name is recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the Punchbowl, along with the others who are missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.<\/p>\n Callahan will be buried on\u00a0May 5, 2023, in Arlington National Cemetery.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Defense POW\/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Air Force Colonel\u00a0Ernest L. De Soto, 37, reported missing\u00a0during the Vietnam War, was accounted for March 23, 2023.<\/p>\n On April 12, 1969, De Soto was the pilot of a F-4D Phantom II assigned to 390th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 336th Tactical Fighter Wing. De Soto, his navigator and another aircraft were returning from a cancelled strike mission near Quang Nam Province, Vietnam when both aircraft ascended into heavy cloud cover. The lead aircraft noticed De Soto\u2019s plane was not in sight and immediately began an aerial search without success. De Soto was posthumously promoted to Colonel while in a missing status.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nPilot Accounted For From Vietnam War<\/h2>\n
Air Force Colonel\u00a0Ernest L. De Soto<\/h2>\n