{"id":97561,"date":"2020-03-29T07:30:12","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T11:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=97561"},"modified":"2020-03-28T08:39:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-28T12:39:28","slug":"97561","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=97561","title":{"rendered":"Another Four Are Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

DPAA appears to be only partially and\/or intermittently updating its \u201cRecently Accounted For\u201d webpage again. However, per recent DPAA press releases<\/i><\/a> the following individuals have been announced as having been accounted for during the past week.<\/p>\n

From World War II<\/b><\/p>\n

2nd Lt. Earl F. Ferguson<\/b>, US Army, assigned to 329th Bombardment Squadron, 93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy), 8th Air Force, US Army Air Forces, was lost at Ploetsi, Romania, on 1 August 1943. His accounting was announced on 24 March 2020.<\/p>\n

2nd Lt. Earl W. Smith<\/b>, US Army, assigned to 80th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Group, 5th Air Force, US Army Air Forces, was lost near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, on 20 August 1943. His accounting was announced on 24 March 2020.<\/p>\n

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

MAJ Harvey H. Storms<\/b>, US Army, assigned to Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, was lost in North Korea on 1 December 1950. His accounting was announced on 23 March 2020.<\/p>\n

CPL Ralph L. Cale<\/b>, US Army, assigned to B Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, was lost in North Korea, Germany, on 2 December 1950. His accounting was announced on 23 March 2020.<\/p>\n

From Southeast Asia<\/b><\/p>\n

None<\/b><\/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 7,500 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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