{"id":62242,"date":"2015-10-09T07:25:14","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T11:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=62242"},"modified":"2015-10-08T16:27:41","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T20:27:41","slug":"another-five-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=62242","title":{"rendered":"Another Five Return"},"content":{"rendered":"

DPAA has identified and accounted for the following formerly-missing US military personnel<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n

From World War II<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Cpl. Roger K. Nielson<\/strong>, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, USMC, was lost on 20 November 1943 on Tarawa. He was accounted for on 24 September 2015.<\/p>\n

From Korea<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 CPL Robert V. Witt<\/strong>, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, US Army, was lost on 2 December 1950 in North Korea. He was accounted for on 11 September 2015.<\/p>\n

\u2022 PFC Frank Worley<\/strong>, 503rd Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, US Army, was lost on 12 February 1951 in North Korea. He was accounted for on 19 September 2015.<\/p>\n

\u2022 CPL Robert P. Graham<\/strong>, A Company, 13th Engineer Combat Battalion, 7th Infantry Division, US Army, was lost on 13 February 1951 in North Korea. He was accounted for on 22 September 2015.<\/p>\n

\u2022 CPL George H. Mason<\/strong>, 2nd Reconnaissance Company, 2nd Infantry Division, US Army, was lost on 14 February 1951 in North Korea. He was accounted for on 8 September 2015.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re no longer missing, elder brothers-in-arms. Our apologies that your recovery took so long.<\/p>\n

Now you’re home. Rest in peace.<\/p>\n

. . .<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over 73,000 US personnel remain unaccounted for from World War II; over 7,800 US personnel remain unaccounted for from the Korean War; and over 1,600 remain unaccounted for in Southeast Asia (SEA). Comparison of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from recovered remains against mtDNA from a matrilineal descendant can assist in making a positive ID for unidentified remains that have already been recovered, or which may be recovered in the future.<\/p>\n

DPAA’s web site now has what appears to be a decent “Contact Us” page<\/a><\/em>. The page doesn’t have instructions concerning who can and cannot submit a mtDNA sample or how to submit one, but the POCs listed there may be able to refer you to someone who can answer that question – or may be able to answer the question themselves. If you think you might possibly qualify, please contact one of those POCs for further information.<\/p>\n

If your family lost someone in one of these conflicts and you qualify to submit a mtDNA sample, please arrange to submit one. By doing that you just might help identify the remains of a US service member who’s been repatriated but not yet been identified – 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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