{"id":81213,"date":"2018-08-19T07:30:35","date_gmt":"2018-08-19T11:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=81213"},"modified":"2018-08-17T16:22:08","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T20:22:08","slug":"another-four-are-home-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=81213","title":{"rendered":"Another Four Are Home"},"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

PFC Morris R. Worrell<\/strong>, US Army, assigned to F Company, 2nd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, was lost in the Philippines on 27 September 1942. He was accounted for on 16 August 2018.<\/p>\n

ACOM Otis E. Ingram<\/strong>, US Navy, assigned to Torpedo Squadron Fifty One (VT-51), was lost in the Republic of Palau on 27 July 1944. He was accounted for on 8 August 2018.<\/p>\n

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

PFC Mathis O. Ball, Jr.<\/strong>, US Army, assigned M Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, was lost in South Korea on 12 July 1950. He was accounted for on 15 August 2018. (See note.)<\/p>\n

PFC George L. Spangenberg<\/strong>, US Army, assigned to E Company, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, was lost in South Korea on 15 November 1950. He was accounted for on 7 August 2018.<\/p>\n

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

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

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

Rest easy. You\u2019re home now. <\/p>\n

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

Over 72,000 US personnel remain unaccounted for from World War II; over 7,600 US personnel remain unaccounted for from the Korean War; over 1,500 remain unaccounted for in Southeast Asia (SEA); 126 remain unaccounted for from the Cold War; 5 remain unaccounted for from the Gulf Wars; and 1 individual remains unaccounted for from Operation Eldorado Canyon. 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>: DPAA\u2019s \u201cRecently Accounted For\u201d page lists an incorrect country of loss for PFC Ball. PFC Ball\u2019s unit, the 24th Infantry Division, was not in North Korea in July of 1950; they were in South Korea. The correct country of loss (South Korea) is used above.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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