{"id":66030,"date":"2016-05-29T08:00:46","date_gmt":"2016-05-29T12:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=66030"},"modified":"2016-06-01T11:52:30","modified_gmt":"2016-06-01T15:52:30","slug":"more-return-home-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=66030","title":{"rendered":"More Return Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

From World War II<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n

\u2022 LTJG Aloysius H. Schmitt<\/strong>, assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma<\/u>, was lost on 7 December 1941 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. He was accounted for on 18 May 2016.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Warrant Officer Daryl H. Goggin<\/strong>, assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma<\/u>, was lost on 7 December 1941 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. He was accounted for on 25 May 2016.<\/p>\n

\u2022 FM1 Frank E. Nicoles<\/strong>, assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma<\/u>, was lost on 7 December 1941 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. He was accounted for on 20 May 2016.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Seaman 2nd Class Challis R. James<\/strong>, assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma<\/u>, was lost on 7 December 1941 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. He was accounted for on 20 May 2016.<\/p>\n

From Korea<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n

\u2022 SFC <\/strong>Richard Davis<\/strong>, K Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, US Army, was lost on 2 November 1950 in North Korea. He was accounted for on 23 May 2016.<\/p>\n

From Vietnam<\/u><\/p>\n

\u2022 LCDR Frederick P. Crosby<\/strong>, Light Photographic Squadron (VFP) 63, US Navy, was lost on 1 June 1965 in Vietnam. He was accounted for on 25 May 2016.<\/p>\n

Additionally, as Jonn noted the other day<\/a><\/em> the remains of 1st Lt. Donald W. Bruch, Jr.<\/strong>, 333rd Tactical Fighting Squadron, USAF, have also been recovered and repatriated.\u00a0 1st Lt. Bruch was lost on 29 April 1966 in Vietnam.\u00a0 He was accounted for on 30 November 2015.\u00a0 Either I missed DPAA\u2019s announcement of his accounting at the time or DPAA\u2019s announcement of his accounting was delayed.<\/p>\n

Welcome back, elder brothers-in-arms. Our apologies that your return took so long.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re home now. 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\u2019s web site now has what appears to be a decent \u201cContact Us\u201d page<\/a><\/em>. The page doesn\u2019t 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 \u2013 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\u2019s been repatriated but not yet been identified \u2013 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

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