{"id":68122,"date":"2016-09-25T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2016-09-25T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=68122"},"modified":"2016-09-23T16:29:34","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T20:29:34","slug":"another-four-return-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=68122","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<\/u><\/p>\n

\u2022 1st Lt Ben B. Barnes<\/strong>, 361st Fighter Squadron, 356th Fighter Group, US Army Air Forces, US Army, was lost on 5 December 1944 in Germany. He was accounted for on 17 September 2016.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 PFC Everett E. Johnson<\/strong>, F Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, US Army, was lost on 3 September 1950 in South Korea. He was accounted for on 19 September 2016.<\/p>\n

\u2022 CPL William H. Smith<\/strong>, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, US Army, was lost on 28 November 1950 in North Korea. He was accounted for on 12 September 2016.<\/p>\n

\u2022 CPL Roy C. Fink<\/strong>, B Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, US Army, was lost on 2 December 1950 in North Korea. He was accounted for on 23 September 2016.<\/p>\n

\u2022 PFC William V. Giovanniello<\/strong>, Company F, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, US Army, was lost on 25 April 1951 in South Korea. He was accounted for on 19 September 2016.<\/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 DNA from recovered remains against DNA from some (but not all) blood relatives 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

On their web site’s “Contact Us<\/em><\/a>” page, DPAA now has FAQs. The answer to one of those FAQs describes who can and cannot submit DNA samples useful in identifying recovered remains. The chart giving the answer can be viewed here<\/em><\/a>. The text associated with the chart is short and can be viewed in DPAA’s FAQs.<\/p>\n

If your family lost someone in one of these conflicts and you qualify to submit a DNA 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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Author\u2019s Notes<\/u>:
\n1. On their \u201cRecently Accounted For\u201d page, DPAA does not give a date of loss for CPL William H. Smith, US Army. However, the press release associated with his accounting \u2013 which<\/i> may be read here<\/a> – indicates he was reported as MIA on 28 November 1950.
\n2. As of 23 September 2016, DPAA <\/i>had announced<\/a> that CPL Fink had been accounted for. However, as of that date his name had yet to appear on their “Recently Accounted For” page.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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