{"id":84521,"date":"2019-01-27T08:30:42","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T12:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=84521"},"modified":"2019-01-26T08:33:39","modified_gmt":"2019-01-26T12:33:39","slug":"another-two-return-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=84521","title":{"rendered":"Another Five 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

Bkr2c David L. Kelser<\/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 23 January 2019.<\/p>\n

SGT John Kalausich<\/strong>, US Army, assigned to 642nd Bombardment Squadron, 409th Bombardment Group, 9th Bombardment Division, 9th Air Force, US Army Air Forces, was lost in Germany on 21 March 1945. He was accounted for on 14 December 2018. (see note)<\/p>\n

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

PVT Winfred L. Reynolds<\/strong>, US Army, assigned to Medical Company, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, was lost in South Korea on 26 April 1951. He was accounted for on 23 January 2019.<\/p>\n

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

Mr. Roy F. Townley<\/strong>, civilian employee of Air America, was lost in Laos on 27 December 1971. He was accounted for on 20 December 2018. (see note)<\/p>\n

Mr. Edward J. Weissenback<\/strong>, civilian employee of Air America, was lost in Laos on 27 December 1971. He was accounted for on 20 December 2018. (see note)<\/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. 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 is found in one of the 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’s Note<\/u>: SGT Kalausich, Mr. Townley, and Mr. Weissenback were accounted for last December. However, for whatever reason DPAA did not post that fact to their “Recently Accounted For” listing until sometime this month.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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