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From: Everette, Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Greetings, March 1, 2021 WASHINGTON-The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Cpl. Ralph S. Boughman, 21, of Union, South Carolina, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for April 20, 2020.
In late 1950, Boughman was a member of Company B, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 2, 1950, when his unit was attacked by enemy forces near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea. Following the battle, his remains could not be recovered.
On July 27, 2018, following the summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un in June 2018, North Korea turned over 55 boxes, purported to contain the remains of American service members killed during the Korean War. The remains arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on Aug. 1, 2018, and were subsequently accessioned into the DPAA laboratory for identification.
To identify Boughman's remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.
Boughman's name is recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, along with the others who are still missing from the Korean War. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Boughman will be buried May 15, 2021, in his hometown.
For family and funeral information, contact the Army Casualty Office at (800) 892-2490.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil, find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or call (703) 699-1420/1169.
Boughman's personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000000RcjctEAB.
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Sean P. Everette SFC, USA Public Affairs NCOIC Outreach and Communications Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency 241 18th St. South, Suite 800 Arlington, VA 22202 (703) 699-1420 |
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From: Everette, Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Greetings, March 1, 2021
WASHINGTON-The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Cpl. David B. Milano, 17, of Chicago, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for April 14, 2020.
In late 1950, Milano was a member of Company D, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 2, 1950, when his unit was attacked by enemy forces near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea. Following the battle, his remains could not be recovered.
On July 27, 2018, following the summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un in June 2018, North Korea turned over 55 boxes, purported to contain the remains of American service members killed during the Korean War. The remains arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on Aug. 1, 2018, and were subsequently accessioned into the DPAA laboratory for identification.
To identify Milano's remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and Y-chromosome DNA (Y-STR) analysis.
Milano's name is recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, along with the others who are still missing from the Korean War. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Milano will be buried in Ogden, Utah. The date has yet to be determined.
For family and funeral information, contact the Army Casualty Office at (800) 892-2490.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil, find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or call (703) 699-1420/1169.
Milano's personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000000S2qmsEAB
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Respectfully,
Sean P. Everette SFC, USA Public Affairs NCOIC Outreach and Communications Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency 241 18th St. South, Suite 800 Arlington, VA 22202 (703) 699-1420
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Everette, Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil> Greetings, Feb. 25, 2021 Navy Bandmaster James B. Booe, 42, of Veedersburg, Indiana, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Sept. 29, 2020.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Booe was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Booe.
From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu'uanu Cemeteries.
In September 1947, tasked with recovering and identifying fallen U.S. personnel in the Pacific Theater, members of the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred the remains of U.S. casualties from the two cemeteries and transferred them to the Central Identification Laboratory at Schofield Barracks. The laboratory staff was only able to confirm the identifications of 35 men from the USS Oklahoma at that time. The AGRS subsequently buried the unidentified remains in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. In October 1949, a military board classified those who could not be identified as non-recoverable, including Booe.
Between June and November 2015, DPAA personnel exhumed the USS Oklahoma Unknowns from the Punchbowl for analysis.
To identify Booe's remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used Y chromosome DNA (Y-STR) analysis.
Booe's name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at the Punchbowl, along with the others who are missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Booe will be buried on June 1, 2021, at the Punchbowl.
For family and funeral information, contact the Navy Service Casualty office at (800) 443-9298.
DPAA is grateful to the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of the Navy for their partnership in this mission.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil, find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or https://www.linkedin.com/company/defense-pow-mia-accounting-agency.
Booe's personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XeKREA0
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Sean P. Everette SFC, USA Public Affairs NCOIC Outreach and Communications Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency 241 18th St. South, Suite 800 Arlington, VA 22202 (703) 699-1420 |
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Dear Editor,
Feb. 11, 2021
WASHINGTON-The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Cpl. Paul W. Wilkins, 19, of Bellwood, Pennsylvania, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for Oct. 30, 2020.
In July 1950, Wilkins was a member of B Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on July 11 when his unit was fighting enemy forces near Choch'iwan, South Korea. He was never found, nor were any remains recovered that could be identified as Wilkins. The Army declared a presumptive finding of death for Wilkins on Dec. 31, 1953, and he was declared non-recoverable on Jan. 16, 1956.
On Oct. 4, 1950, U.S. forces buried an unidentified set of remains, designated Unknown X-113 Taejon, in United Nations Military Cemetery Taejon. There was no record or information as to the recovery location or identity of these remains. After multiple attempts to identify X-113, the remains were deemed unidentifiable, and were sent to Hawaii where they were buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl.
In July 2018, DPAA historians and anthropologists proposed a plan to disinter and identify the 652 Korean War unknown burials from the Punchbowl, including 53 recovered from the Taejon area. X-113 was disinterred July 1, 2019, as part of the Korean War Identification Project, and transferred to the DPAA Laboratory at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.
To identify Wilkins' remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis, as well as chest radiograph comparison. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.
Wilkins' name is recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the Punchbowl, along with the others who are still missing from the Korean War. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Wilkins will be buried in his hometown. The date is yet to be determined.
For family and funeral information, contact the Army Casualty Office at (800) 892-2490.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil, find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or call (703) 699-1420/1193.
Wilkins' personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000009JHvMEAW.
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Respectfully,
Sean P. Everette SFC, USA Public Affairs NCOIC Outreach and Communications Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency 241 18th St. South, Suite 800 Arlington, VA 22202 (703) 699-1420 |
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https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/universities-war-military-history/2021/01/31/id/1007941/ American Universities Declare War on Military History |
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https://oilcity.news/associated-press/2021/01/30/biden-faces-calls-to-secure-release-of-us-man-in-afghanistan2/ Biden faces calls to secure release of US man in Afghanistan
Mark Randall Frerichs, former Navy
SEAL and contractor kidnapped in Afghanistan Feb 2020
(Department of Justice photo). January 30, 2021..
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Jan. 30, 1945, 134 U.S. Army Rangers and Alamo Scouts, working with around 280 Filipino guerilla fighters, successfully executed a raid of a Japanese prisoner of war (POW) camp near Cabanatuan City, Philippines, freeing more than 500 allied prisoners. The World War II rescue mission came to be known as “The Great Raid.”... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ US Navy sailor killed in WWII interred at Punchbowl National Cemetery
The Defense POW/MIA
Accounting Agency identified his remains in 2019 using DNA and
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From: Everette,
Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Jan. 22, 2021
WASHINGTON-The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Fireman 3rd Class Welborn L. Ashby, 24, of Centertown, Kentucky, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Nov. 4, 2019.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Ashby was assigned to the battleship USS West Virginia, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS West Virginia sustained multiple torpedo hits, but timely counter-flooding measures taken by the crew prevented it from capsizing, and it came to rest on the shallow harbor floor. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 106 crewmen, including Ashby.
During efforts to salvage the USS West Virginia, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crewmen, representing at least 66 individuals. Those who could not be identified, including Ashby, were interred as unknowns at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu.
From June through October 2017, DPAA, in cooperation with cemetery officials, disinterred 35 caskets, reported to be associated with the USS West Virginia from the Punchbowl and transferred the remains to the DPAA laboratory at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.
To identify Ashby's remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and autosomal DNA (auSTR) analysis.
Ashby's name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at the Punchbowl, along with the others who are missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Ashby will be buried May 31, 2021, in his hometown.
For family and funeral information, contact the Navy Service Casualty office at (800) 443-9298.
DPAA is grateful to the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of the Navy for their partnership in this mission.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil, find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or call (703) 699-1420/1193.
Ashby's personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000Xe1AEAS.
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Respectfully,
Sean P. Everette SFC, USA Public Affairs NCOIC Outreach and Communications Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency 241 18th St. South, Suite 800 Arlington, VA 22202 (703) 699-1420
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From: Everette,
Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Jan. 22, 2021
WASHINGTON-The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Radioman 3rd Class Thomas E. Griffith, 20, of Dayton, Ohio, killed during World War II, was accounted for on April 21, 2020.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Griffith was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Griffith.
From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu'uanu Cemeteries.
In September 1947, tasked with recovering and identifying fallen U.S. personnel in the Pacific Theater, members of the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred the remains of U.S. casualties from the two cemeteries and transferred them to the Central Identification Laboratory at Schofield Barracks. The laboratory staff was only able to confirm the identifications of 35 men from the USS Oklahoma at that time. The AGRS subsequently buried the unidentified remains in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. In October 1949, a military board classified those who could not be identified as non-recoverable, including Griffith.
Between June and November 2015, DPAA personnel exhumed the USS Oklahoma Unknowns from the Punchbowl for analysis.
To identify Griffith's remains, scientists from DPAA anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.
Griffith's name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at the Punchbowl, along with the others who are missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Griffith will be buried May 22, 2021 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
For family and funeral information, contact the Navy Service Casualty office at (800) 443-9298.
DPAA is grateful to the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of the Navy for their partnership in this mission.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil, find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or call (703) 699-1420/1169.
Griffith's personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XeLPEA0.
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Respectfully,
Sean P. Everette SFC, USA Public Affairs NCOIC Outreach and Communications Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency 241 18th St. South, Suite 800 Arlington, VA 22202 (703) 699-1420
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Everette, Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Jan. 19, 2021
WASHINGTON-The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Chief Machinist's Mate Class Lada Smisek, 42, of Cleveland, Ohio, killed during World War II, was accounted for Aug. 19, 2019.
In 1942, Smisek served at the Naval Ammunition Depot and Submarine Base in Cavite, Philippine Islands, when Japanese forces invaded. Intense fighting continued until the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and of Corregidor Island on May 6, 1942.
Thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members were taken prisoner and sent to prisoner of war camps. Smisek was among those reported captured after the surrender of Corregidor and held at the Cabanatuan POW camp. More than 2,500 POWs perished in this camp during the war.
According to prison camp and other historical records, Smisek died Sept. 28, 1942, and was buried along with fellow prisoners in the local Cabanatuan Camp Cemetery, in grave number 437. Following the war, American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) personnel exhumed those buried at the Cabanatuan cemetery examined the remains in an attempt to identify them. Due to the circumstances of the deaths and burials, the extensive commingling, and the limited identification technologies of the time, all of the remains could not be identified. The unidentified remains were interred as "unknowns" in the present-day Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.
In 2016, the "unknown" remains associated with Common Grave 437 were disinterred and sent to the DPAA laboratory for analysis, including one set, designated X-1473 Manila #2. To identify Smisek's remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis as well as circumstantial and material evidence. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.
Smisek's name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, an American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) site, along with others missing from World War II. Although interred as an "unknown" in Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Smisek's grave was meticulously cared for over the past 70 years by the ABMC. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Smisek will be buried on Jan. 29, 2021, at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.
For family and funeral information, contact the Navy Service Casualty office at (800) 443-9298.
DPAA is grateful to the ABMC and the Department of the Navy for their partnership in this mission.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil, find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or call (703) 699-1420/1193.
Smisek's personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000LlrkEAC
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Sean P. Everette SFC, USA Public Affairs NCOIC Outreach and Communications Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency 241 18th St. South, Suite 800 Arlington, VA 22202 (703) 699-1420 |
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Saw this link while reading the article on the WWII MOH recipient. I found the above article very emblematic of the issues with DPAA and the predecessor organizations. B
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HOT off the Stars and Stripes Press!
From the desk Jed Henry, POW/MIA Advocate Extraordinaire!
By WYATT OLSON | STARS AND STRIPES 12 January 2021
Until they ALL come home! moe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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From: Everette,
SWean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Dear Editor,
Jan. 5, 2021
WASHINGTON-The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Fireman 3rd Class William L. Barnett, 21, of Fort Scott, Kansas, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Sept. 14, 2020.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Barnett was assigned to the battleship USS West Virginia, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS West Virginia sustained multiple torpedo hits, but timely counter-flooding measures taken by the crew prevented it from capsizing, and it came to rest on the shallow harbor floor. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 106 crewmen, including Barnett.
During efforts to salvage the USS West Virginia, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crewmen, representing at least 66 individuals. Those who could not be identified, including Barnett, were interred as unknowns at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu.
From June through October 2017, DPAA, in cooperation with cemetery officials, disinterred 35 caskets, reported to be associated with the USS West Virginia from the Punchbowl and transferred the remains to the DPAA laboratory.
To identify Barnett's remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used Y-chromosome DNA (Y-STR) analysis.
Barnett's name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at the Punchbowl, along with the others who are missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Barnett will be buried May 29, 2021 in his hometown.
For family and funeral information, contact the Navy Service Casualty office at (800) 443-9298.
DPAA is grateful to the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of the Navy for their partnership in this mission.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil, find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or call (703) 699-1420/1193.
Barnett's personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000Xe18EAC.
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Respectfully,
Sean P. Everette SFC, USA Public Affairs NCOIC Outreach and Communications Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency 241 18th St. South, Suite 800 Arlington, VA 22202 (703) 699-1420
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