{"id":149518,"date":"2023-11-09T07:04:20","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T12:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=149518"},"modified":"2023-11-09T07:04:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T12:04:20","slug":"three-more-accounted-for-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=149518","title":{"rendered":"Three More Accounted For"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pilot Accounted for from WWII<\/h2>\n

U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Gilbert H. Myers<\/h2>\n

The Defense POW\/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Gilbert H. Myers, 27, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, killed during World War II, was accounted for Aug. 10, 2023.<\/p>\n

In the summer of 1943, Myers was assigned to the 381st Bombardment Squadron, 310th Bombardment Group, in the Mediterranean Theater. On July 10, while serving as a co-pilot of a B-25 Mitchell, Myers\u2019 aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire while conducting a bombing mission over Sicily. Myers\u2019s remains were not recovered, and he was subsequently declared missing in action.<\/p>\n

In late 1944, American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) researchers discovered that Italian residents of Sciacca, found a body belonging to the B-25 pilot at a crash site. AGRS investigators at the time indicated that they found some remains of the wreckage, but did not locate any additional losses. Later in 1947, investigators conducted search and recovery operations near Sciacca, but were unable to locate anything linking back to Myers.<\/p>\n

In 2021 and 2022, DPAA and partner organization personnel from the Cranfield University Recovery and Identification of Conflict Team returned to Sciacca. There they were able to recover additional plane wreckage pieces, as well as human remains from the crash site. These remains were sent to the DPAA Laboratory for examination and identification.<\/p>\n

To identify Myers\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), Y-chromosome DNA (Y-STR), and autosomal DNA (auSTR) analysis.<\/p>\n

Myers\u2019s name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, an ABMC site 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

For family and funeral information, contact the Army Casualty Office at (800) 892-2490.<\/p>\n

Myers will be buried on Nov 10, 2023, in St. Petersburg, Florida.<\/p>\n

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USS California Sailor Accounted for from WWII<\/h2>\n

Navy Seaman 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0Class Stanley C. Galaszewski<\/h2>\n

The Defense POW\/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Seaman 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0Class Stanley C. Galaszewski, 29, of\u00a0Steubenville, Ohio, killed during World War II, was accounted for on May 23, 2022.<\/p>\n

On Dec. 7, 1941, Galaszewski was assigned to the battleship USS\u00a0California<\/em>, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS\u00a0California<\/em>\u00a0sustained multiple torpedo and bomb hits, which caused it catch fire and slowly flood. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 104 crewmen, including Galaszewski.<\/p>\n

From December 1941 to April 1942, 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 39 men from the USS\u00a0California<\/em>\u00a0at that time. The AGRS subsequently buried the unidentified remains at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. In October 1949, a military board classified the 25 Unknowns who could not be identified as non-recoverable, including Galaszewski.<\/p>\n

In 2018, DPAA personnel exhumed the 25 USS\u00a0California<\/em>\u00a0Unknowns from the Punchbowl for analysis.<\/p>\n

To identify Galaszewski\u2019s remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the\u00a0Armed Forces Medical Examiner System<\/a>\u00a0used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), Y chromosome DNA (Y-STR), and autosomal DNA (auSTR) analysis.<\/p>\n

Galaszewski\u2019s\u00a0name is recorded on the Walls 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

Galaszewski will be buried on\u00a0Nov. 3, 2023 in\u00a0Steubenville, Ohio.<\/p>\n

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Soldier Accounted for from Korean War<\/h2>\n

U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class Charles A. Dickman<\/h2>\n

The Defense POW\/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class Charles A. Dickman, 17, of Cashton, Wisconsin, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for June 20, 2023.<\/p>\n

In July 1950, Dickman was a member of Mike Company, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He went missing in action after his unit engaged in defensive actions north of Chochiwon, South Korea, on July 12. Due to intense fighting, his body could not be recovered at that time, and there was never any evidence that he was a prisoner of war. The Army issued a presumptive finding of death on Dec. 13, 1953.<\/p>\n

After regaining control of Chochiwon in the fall of 1950, the Army began recovering remains from the area and temporarily interring them at the United Nations Military Cemetery (UNMC) Taejon. One set of remains recovered during this period was designated Unknown X-146 Taejon, recovered in the vicinity of the Kum River, South Korea. A tentative association was made between X-146 and Dickman, but definitive proof could not be found, and X-146 was determined to be unidentifiable. The remains were sent to Hawaii where they were buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu.<\/p>\n

In July 2018, the DPAA proposed a plan to disinter 652 Korean War Unknowns from the Punchbowl. On July 15, 2019, DPAA disinterred Unknown X-146 Taejon as part of Phase Two of the Korean War Disinterment Project and sent the remains to the DPAA laboratory, for analysis.<\/p>\n

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

Dickman\u2019s name is recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the Punchbowl, along with the others who are still missing from the Korean War. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.<\/p>\n

Dickman was buried in Cashton, Wisconsin, on Oct. 21, 2023.<\/p>\n

DPAA is grateful to the\u00a0American Battle Monuments Commission<\/a>\u00a0and to the U.S. Army Regional Mortuary-Europe\/Africa for their partnership in this mission. DPAA is grateful to the authorities of Sciacca and Agrigento, Italy for their support, including Dr. Domenica\u00a0Gull\u00ec, of the\u00a0Soprintendenza per i Beni Culturali e Ambientali di Agrigento<\/em>, and the\u00a0Comando Compagnia Carabinieri Sciacca.\u00a0<\/em>Additionally, DPAA is appreciative of Dr. Nicola Virgilio for sharing his research regarding the\u00a0Aeroporto Fantasma<\/em>, which continues to assist investigation and recovery efforts in southwest Sicily.<\/p>\n

For additional information on the Defense Department\u2019s mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at\u00a0www.dpaa.mil<\/a>\u00a0or find us on social media at\u00a0www.facebook.com\/dodpaa<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/defense-pow-mia-accounting-agency<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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