{"id":145548,"date":"2023-08-09T07:25:28","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T11:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=145548"},"modified":"2023-08-08T23:22:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T03:22:06","slug":"four-more-accounted-for-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=145548","title":{"rendered":"Four More Accounted For"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Defense MIA\/POW Accounting Agency<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/blockquote>\n

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Soldier Accounted For From World War II<\/h2>\n

U.S. Army Pvt. J.C. Brooks<\/h2>\n

The Defense POW\/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Pvt. J.C. Brooks, 19, of Rockfield, Kentucky, who was killed during World War II, was accounted for Sept. 27, 2022.<\/p>\n

In the summer of 1943, Brooks was a member of Company I, 39th<\/sup>\u00a0Infantry Regiment, 9th<\/sup>\u00a0Infantry Division. His unit was part of Operation HUSKY, the Allied effort from July 10 to Aug. 17 to capture Sicily from Benito Mussolini\u2019s fascist Italian regime. Brooks was killed during the Battle of Troina on Aug. 1 while leading an advance against German forces as first scout. He was unable to be recovered because of the fighting.<\/p>\n

The American Graves Registration Command (AGRC) was charged with recovering the remains of fallen service members in the European Theater following the war. Though they searched the area near Troina, they were unable to find remains that could be identified as Brooks. He was declared non-recoverable on April 9, 1947.<\/p>\n

In 2016, DPAA historians began to investigate U.S. losses from the 1943 invasion of Sicily. During this research, one Unknown, X-22227 Monte Soprano, was a candidate to match Brooks. After extensive research and record comparison by DPAA historians and analysts, X-22227 was disinterred in June 2019 and sent to the DPAA Laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, for analysis.<\/p>\n

To identify Brooks\u2019 remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence. Additionally, scientists from the\u00a0Armed Forces Medical Examiner System\u00a0used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.<\/p>\n

Brooks\u2019 name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, an\u00a0American Battle Monuments Commission<\/a>\u00a0site in Nettuno, Italy, along with others still missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.<\/p>\n

Brooks will be buried September 24, 2023, in Cecilia, Kentucky.<\/p>\n

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Soldier Accounted For From World War II<\/h2>\n

Army Pfc. George B. Thomas<\/h2>\n

The Defense POW\/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Pfc. George B. Thomas, 31, of East Providence, Rhode Island, killed during World War II, was accounted for March 20, 2023.<\/p>\n

In November 1944, Thomas was assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division. His unit was engaged in battle with German forces near H\u00fcrtgen, Germany, in the H\u00fcrtgen Forest, when he was reported missing in action on Nov. 24.\u00a0His body was not recovered during the battle, and the Germans never reported him as a prisoner of war. The War Department issued a finding of death on Nov. 25, 1945.<\/p>\n

Following the end of the war, the American Graves Registration Command was tasked with investigating and recovering missing American personnel in Europe. They conducted several investigations in the H\u00fcrtgen area between 1946 and 1950 but were unable to identify Thomas\u2019 remains. He was declared nonrecoverable on Feb. 21, 1951.<\/p>\n

While studying unresolved American losses in the H\u00fcrtgen area, a DPAA historian determined that Thomas could be associated to one of two sets of unidentified comingled remains, designated X-7192 Neuville and X-7193 Neuville, which had been recovered together from a field south of H\u00fcrtgen in 1948. The remains, which had been buried in Ardennes American Cemetery in 1950, were disinterred in July 2021 and sent to the DPAA laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, for analysis and identification.<\/p>\n

To identify Thomas\u2019 remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence. Additionally, scientists from the\u00a0Armed Forces Medical Examiner System\u00a0used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.<\/p>\n

Thomas\u2019 name is recorded on the Tablets of the Missing at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, an\u00a0American Battle Monuments Commission<\/a>\u00a0site in Henri-Chapelle, Belgium, along with the others still missing from World War II. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.<\/p>\n

Thomas was buried in Exeter, Rhode Island on July 10, 2023.<\/p>\n

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Pilot Accounted For From World War II<\/h2>\n

U.S. Army Air Forces 1st<\/sup>\u00a0Lt. Paul W. Schmidt<\/h2>\n

The Defense POW\/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces 1st<\/sup>\u00a0Lt. Paul W. Schmidt, 20, of Rockville Center, New York, killed during World War II, was accounted for Sept. 28, 2022.<\/p>\n

In March 1945, Schmidt was assigned to 161st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 8th Air Force. His squadron was engaged with attacking German lines of transportation along the Rhine River. On March 23, Schmidt was attacking an enemy train near Sendenhorst, Germany, in his F-6D, a reconnaissance version of the P-51 Mustang fighter. His wingman reported he last saw Schmidt attacking the train, but he was never seen or heard from again. Schmidt was declared missing in action, but the Germans never reported him as a prisoner of war. On March 24, 1946, with no evidence Schmidt survived the fighting, the War Department issued a presumptive finding of death.<\/p>\n

In May 1945, an American graves registration team\u00a0conducted an investigation in the Warendorf area and recovered a set of unidentified remains,\u00a0later\u00a0designated X-635 Margraten. There was insufficient evidence to make an identification.<\/p>\n

While studying unresolved American losses in the Warendorf area in September 2016, DPAA historians determined X-635 Margraten could be associated with Schmidt. The remains, buried as an Unknown at the Netherlands American Cemetery, an\u00a0American Battle Monuments Commission<\/a>\u00a0site in Margraten, Netherlands, were disinterred in June 2018 and sent to the DPAA laboratory for identification.<\/p>\n

To identify Schmidt\u2019s remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence. Additionally, scientists from the\u00a0Armed Forces Medical Examiner System\u00a0used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.<\/p>\n

Schmidt\u2019s name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at Lorraine American Cemetery, an\u00a0American Battle Monuments Commission<\/a>\u00a0site in St. Avold, France, along with the others still missing from World War II. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.<\/p>\n

Schmidt will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery, on a date later to be determined.<\/p>\n

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Soldier Accounted For From World War II<\/h2>\n

Army Pfc. Arthur C. Barrett<\/h2>\n

The Defense POW\/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Pfc. Arthur C. Barrett, 27, of Swanton, Vermont, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was accounted for July 20, 2022.<\/p>\n

In late 1941, Barrett was a member of the 31st<\/sup>\u00a0Infantry Regiment, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December. Intense fighting continued until the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and of Corregidor Island on May 6, 1942.<\/p>\n

Thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members were captured and interned at POW camps.\u00a0 Barrett was among those reported captured when U.S. forces in Bataan surrendered to the Japanese. They were subjected to the 65-mile Bataan Death March and then held at the Cabanatuan POW camp. More than 2,500 POWs perished in this camp during the war.<\/p>\n

According to prison camp and other historical records, Barrett died July 19, 1942, and was buried along with other deceased prisoners in the local Cabanatuan Camp Cemetery in Common Grave 312.<\/p>\n

Following the war, American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) personnel exhumed those buried at the Cabanatuan cemetery and relocated the remains to a temporary U.S. military mausoleum near Manila. In 1947, the AGRS examined the remains in an attempt to identify them. Twelve of the sets of remains from Common Grave 312 were identified, but the rest were declared unidentifiable. The unidentified remains were buried at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial (MACM) as Unknowns.<\/p>\n

In January 2018, the remains associated with Common Grave 312 were disinterred and sent to the DPAA laboratory at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, for analysis.<\/p>\n

To identify Barrett\u2019s remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological analysis as well as circumstantial evidence. Additionally, scientists from the\u00a0Armed Forces Medical Examiner System\u00a0used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.<\/p>\n

Although interred as an Unknown in MACM, Barrett\u2019s grave was meticulously cared for over the past 70 years by the\u00a0American Battle Monuments Commission<\/a>\u00a0(ABMC).<\/p>\n

Barrett will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery on\u00a0August 30, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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