{"id":83847,"date":"2018-12-31T12:35:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T16:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=83847"},"modified":"2018-12-31T17:30:08","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T21:30:08","slug":"dpaa-nine-more-are-accounted-for-and-year-end-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=83847","title":{"rendered":"DPAA – Nine More are Accounted For, and Year End Wrap-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

During 2018 DPAA identified and announced having accounted for the following formerly-missing US personnel<\/em>.<\/a> As is sometimes the case, these individual\u2019s accountings were apparently not announced immediately and were later \u201cslip-streamed\u201d into DPAA\u2019s \u201cRecently Accounted For\u201d listing. My apologies for not noting these individual\u2019s accountings here at TAH earlier. <\/p>\n

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

GM3c Marvin B. Atkins<\/strong>, US Navy, assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma<\/i>, was lost at Pearl Harbor, HI, on 7 December 1941. He was accounted for on 11 April 2018.<\/p>\n

Pfc Robert K. Holmes<\/strong>, USMC, assigned to assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma<\/i>, was lost at Pearl Harbor, HI, on 7 December 1941. He was accounted for on 12 June 2018.<\/p>\n

TSgt Harry A. Carlsen<\/strong>, USMC, assigned to Company A, 2nd Amphibian Tractor Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force, was lost on Tarawa on 20 November 1943. He was accounted for on 23 July 2018.<\/p>\n

ARM3c Walter E. Mintus<\/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 28 June 2018.<\/p>\n

PVT Kenneth D. Farris<\/strong>, US Army, assigned to B Company, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, was lost in Germany on 28 November 1944. He was accounted for on 26 April 2018.<\/p>\n

2nd Lt. Hulen A. Leinweber<\/strong>, US Army, assigned to 40th Fighter Squadron, 35th Fighter Group, US Army Air Forces, was lost in the Philippines on 10 June 1945. He was accounted for on 29 June 2018.<\/p>\n

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

SGT Eugene W. Yost<\/strong>, US Army, assigned to B Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, was lost in South Korea on 3 September 1950. He was accounted for on 9 April 2018.<\/p>\n

MSG Carl H. Lindquist<\/strong>, US Army, assigned to Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, was lost in North Korea on 29 November 1950. He was accounted for on 5 June 2018.<\/p>\n

1LT Herman L. Falk<\/strong>, US Army, assigned to B Company, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, was lost in South Korea on 12 Feb 1951. He was accounted for on 16 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

You\u2019re home now. Rest easy.<\/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

During 2018, DPAA accounted for 205 US personnel who had been declared MIA in various conflicts during the 20th Century. Of those, 156 were from World War II; 39 were from Korea; and 10 were from Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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