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DPMO has announced the identification of another US MIA from Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n
Maj. Howard V. Andre<\/strong><\/a>, US Air Force, formerly of Memphis, TN, was lost on July 8, 1969, near Xiangkhoang Province, Laos.\u00a0 He was declared formally accounted for (remains repatriated and positively identified) on 11 April 2013.\u00a0 Maj.\u00a0 Andre was the navigator for the aircraft piloted that day by Maj. James E. Sizemore<\/a>.\u00a0 Both were lost when their A-26A was downed by ground fire during an armed reconnaissance mission<\/a><\/strong> conducted as part of \u201csecret war\u201d operations in Laos (Operation Barrel Roll).\u00a0 At the time of loss, both were assigned to the 609th Special Operations Squadron, Nakhon Phanom Air Base, Thailand.<\/p>\n Rest in peace, my elder brother-in-arms.\u00a0 A belated welcome home.<\/p>\n . . .<\/p>\n Over 73,600 US personnel remain unaccounted for from World War II; over 7,900 US personnel remain unaccounted for from the Korean War; and over 1,650 remain unaccounted for in Southeast Asia.\u00a0 If you are a relative of one of the individuals listed here (World War II \u2013 critical need)<\/a>, listed here (Korea)<\/a>, <\/strong>or listed here (Southeast Asia)<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 please consider reading this link<\/a><\/strong> to see if you qualify to submit a mtDNA sample.<\/p>\n If you qualify to submit a mtDNA sample, please submit one.\u00a0 \u00a0By submitting a mtDNA sample, you may be able to help identify US remains that have been recovered and repatriated but not yet positively identified.<\/p>\n Everybody deserves a proper burial.\u00a0 That\u2019s especially true for those who gave their all in the service of this nation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"