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From: Everette, Sean P SFC USARMY
DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Greetings,
March 22, 2021
WASHINGTON-The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Marine Corps Pfc. John F. Middleswart, 19, of San Diego, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Jan. 28, 2021, as the 300th identification from the USS Oklahoma Project.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Middleswart 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 Middleswart.
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 Middleswart.
Between June and November 2015, DPAA personnel exhumed the USS Oklahoma Unknowns from the Punchbowl for analysis.
To identify Middleswart's remains, scientists from DPAA anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), Y chromosome DNA (Y-STR), and autosomal DNA (auSTR) analysis.
Middleswart's name is recorded on the Courts 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.
Middleswart will be buried on June 8, 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, or find us on social media at https://www.linkedin.com/company/defense-pow-mia-accounting-agency.
Middleswart's personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XexDEAS.
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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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Greetings,
March 22, 2021
WASHINGTON—The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Pvt. Lyle W. Reab, 22, of Phillips, Nebraska, killed during World War II, was accounted for Feb. 24, 2021.
In November 1944, Reab was assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action as of Nov. 9, after his unit engaged German forces at Vossenack, Germany, in the Hürtgen Forest. His body was not recovered.
Following the end of the war, the American Graves Registration Command (AGRC) was tasked with investigating and recovering missing American personnel in Europe. Several AGRC investigation teams searched for and recovered remains in the Hürtgen Forest following World War II, but none were identified as Reab. He was declared non-recoverable in December 1950.
While studying unresolved American losses in the Vossenack area, a DPAA historian determined that one set of unidentified remains, designated X-7388 Neuville, recovered from a foxhole on the southeastern end of town in March 1948 possibly belonged to Reab. The remains, which had been buried as an unknown soldier in Ardennes American Cemetery in 1949, were disinterred in June 2018 and sent to the DPAA laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, for identification.
To identify Reab’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 Y chromosome DNA (Y-STR) analysis.
Reab’s name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery, an American Battle Monuments Commission site in Margarten, Netherlands, along with the others still missing from World War II. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Reab will be buried June 8, 2021, in Aurora, Nebraska.
For family and funeral information, contact the Army Casualty Office at (800) 892-2490.
DPAA is grateful to the American Battle Monuments Commission and to the U.S. Army Regional Mortuary-Europe/Africa for their partnership in this mission.
Visit https://www.dpaa.mil/Resources/Briefing-Videos/ to watch a video about DPAA’s Hürtgen Forest Project.
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, or find us on social media at https://www.linkedin.com/company/defense-pow-mia-accounting-agency.
Reab’s personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000001aRaDxEAK.
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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You can visit the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery again The public can once again visit the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. The move is part of a gradual reopening of the cemetery due to improving COVID-19 conditions and is an important element of the yearlong centennial commemoration for the tomb, which culminates this Nov. 11, an ANC release states. The tomb reopened March 9, after being closed for 11 months due to COVID-19 restrictions and renovation work. The public may visit the tomb during ANC’s regular operating hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily....
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From: Everette,
Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Greetings,
March 15, 2021
WASHINGTON-The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Tech. Sgt. Alfred F. Turgeon, 23, of Ketchikan, Alaska, killed during World War II, was accounted for Jan. 13, 2021.
In the summer of 1943, Turgeon was a pilot assigned to the 344th Bombardment Squadron, 98th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 9th Air Force. On Aug. 1, 1943, the B-24 Liberator aircraft on which Turgeon was serving as a radio operator crashed as a result of enemy anti-aircraft fire during Operation TIDAL WAVE, the largest bombing mission against the oil fields and refineries at Ploiesti, north of Bucharest, Romania. His remains were not identified following the war. The remains that could not be identified were buried as Unknowns in the Hero Section of the Civilian and Military Cemetery of Bolovan, Ploiesti, Prahova, Romania.
Following the war, the American Graves Registration Command (AGRC), the organization that searched for and recovered fallen American personnel, disinterred all American remains from the Bolovan Cemetery for identification. The AGRC was unable to identify more than 80 unknowns from Bolovan Cemetery, and those remains were permanently interred at Ardennes American Cemetery and Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, both in Belgium.
In 2017, DPAA began exhuming unknowns believed to be associated with unaccounted for airmen from Operation TIDAL WAVE losses. These remains were sent to the DPAA Laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, for examination and identification.
To identify Turgeon's remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and autosomal DNA (auSTR) analysis.
Turgeon's name is recorded on the Tablets of the Missing at the Florence American Cemetery, an American Battle Monuments Commission site in Impruneta, Italy, along with others still missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Turgeon will be buried in Shoreline, Washington. The date has yet to be determined.
For family and funeral information, contact the Army Casualty Office at (800) 892-2490.
DPAA is grateful to the American Battle Monuments Commission and to the U.S. Army Regional Mortuary- Europe/Africa 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.
Turgeon's personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt00000004pT7EAI
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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>
Greetings,
March 15, 2021
WASHINGTON-The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Seaman 1st Class Gerald J. Bailey, 24, of Seattle, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Nov. 30, 2020.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Bailey 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 Bailey.
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 Bailey.
Between June and November 2015, DPAA personnel exhumed the USS Oklahoma Unknowns from the Punchbowl for analysis.
To identify Bailey's remains, scientists from DPAA anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), Y chromosome DNA (Y-STR), and autosomal DNA (auSTR) analysis.
Bailey'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.
Bailey will be buried on June 29, 2021, in Kent, Washington.
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
Bailey's personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XeK7EAK.
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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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...600 pictures of his time in Hawaii in the 1940s.... They’ve put the shots online at https://ww2pacificveteransproject.org/ and are hoping anyone who can help reaches out. “During World War 2, our Dad was stationed at Fort Shafter in Hawaii shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was a radio operator in the Army to help make sure that such an attack never happened again,” they say on the website. “We are hoping that if enough people see the photos, many of them will recognize their grandfather, grandmother, father, mother, aunt, uncle, or some other relative or friend.” |
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From: McKeague,
Kelly K SES DPAA FO (USA) Subject: Korean War ID of Interest
Greetings to all of you, we hope you and your family are well. We are honored to share with you the identification of Army Chaplain (Captain) Emil Kapaun, from Kansas, who was unaccounted for from the Korean War. The Army notified his nephew and niece today.
After serving in WWII, Ch. Kapaun returned to active duty and served in the Korean War with the 1st Cavalry Division. On November 2, 1950, his unit was near Unsan when they came under heavy fire from Chinese forces and received orders to withdraw. Approximately a quarter of the unit's Soldiers made their way back to friendly lines, but the others, including many wounded, became trapped. Ch. Kapaun volunteered to stay with the wounded, and was soon captured and taken to the Chinese-run POW Camp 5 on the Yalu River.
Even after he became gravely ill, Ch. Kapaun continued to serve as a spiritual leader for his fellow prisoners, encouraging them to faithfully resist indoctrination and regularly defying his captors to bolster the collective morale of the POWs. Due to prolonged malnutrition, he died on May 23, 1951, after which the other POWs buried him in one of the camp's cemeteries. As part of the 1953 Korean Armistice, Ch. Kapaun's remains were among the 1,868 who were returned to U.S. custody in Operation GLORY, but they were not able to be identified. President Obama presented his nephew the MOH at a White House ceremony on April 11, 2013.
Ch. Kapaun's remains had rested among the 867 remains buried as Unknowns at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii. They were disinterred in August 2019, as part of DPAA's seven-phase project, begun in 2018, to disinter all remaining Korean War Unknowns from the cemetery for the purpose of identification. His identification was made using anthropological, dental, and DNA analyses.
Also of note, in 1993, Pope John Paul II declared Ch. Kapaun a Servant of God, the first stage toward possible canonization, which is the culmination of the Roman Catholic Church's recognition of a deceased person as a saint.
Should you have any questions, please send them to Todd Livick at Best to you, Kelly McKeague Director, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
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From: Everette,
Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Greetings,
March 4, 2021
WASHINGTON-The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Master Sgt. James Hart, Jr., 25, of Hopkins, Texas, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for May 28, 2020.
In late 1950, Hart was a member of Company C, 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 Hart'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), Y chromosome DNA (Y-STR), and autosomal DNA (auSTR) analysis.
Hart'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.
Hart will be buried June 8, 2021, in Winterfield, Texas.
For family and funeral information, contact the Army Casualty Office at (800) 892-2490.
To see the most up-to-date statistics on DPAA recovery efforts for those unaccounted for from the Korean War, go to the Korean War fact sheet on the DPAA website at:
https://www.dpaa.mil/Resources/Fact-Sheets/Article-View/Article/569610/
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, or find us on social media at https://www.linkedin.com/company/defense-pow-mia-accounting-agency.
Hart's personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000001iW5TEAU
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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. 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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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From:
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
We're all prisoners of war now newagebd.net Soon after, American POWs would indeed be released by their North ... So, the next time you see a POW/MIA flag outside a federal building, don't ... |
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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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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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