{"id":75009,"date":"2017-10-01T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=75009"},"modified":"2017-09-30T09:53:11","modified_gmt":"2017-09-30T13:53:11","slug":"three-more-return-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=75009","title":{"rendered":"Five More Return"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

\u2022 2nd Lt Elwood R. Bailey<\/strong>,USMC Reserve, assigned to Marine Fighting Squadron 223 (VMF-223), Marine Aircraft Group 23, (MAG-23), USMC, was lost in the Solomon Islands on 24 August 1942. He was accounted for on 27 September 2017.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Pvt John M. Tillman<\/strong>, Company F, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, USMC, was lost on Tarawa Atoll on 20 November 1943. He was accounted for on 27 September 2017.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 CPL Donald L. Baer<\/strong>, K Company, 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, US Army, was lost in South Korea on 20 July 1950. He was accounted for on 28 September 2017.<\/p>\n

\u2022 MAJ Stephen T. Uurtamo<\/strong>, Headquarters Battery, 82nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, US Army, was lost in North Korea on 1 December 1950. He was accounted for on 28 September 2017.<\/p>\n

\u2022 PFC Leroy W. Bryant<\/strong>, C Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, US Army, was lost in South Korea on 6 February 1951. He was accounted for on 27 September 2017.<\/p>\n

From Southeast Asia<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n

\u2022 None<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Rest in peace. You\u2019re home now.<\/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

 <\/p>\n

(Author\u2019s Note<\/u>: While Jonn <\/i>published an article announcing the recovery of SSG William Turner\u2019s remains<\/a> some time ago, as of 30 September 2017 DPAA has yet to formally announce his accounting.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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