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Stories and Press Releases below chart

Research sites: 

www.kpows.com

http://www.kpows.com/thezimmerleereports.html

List posted 10/24/19

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SOME HIGHLIGHTS NOTE DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN HEADLINES ("captured")  AND KNOWN ("MIA") STATUS.

We asked why so many of these are  being re-announced 2-3 times increasing news forwards and confusion.

 

03/22/19
These are being published with the full information, while the initial notification only contains basic information.  The updates are providing information on the loss, recovery and identification, as well as funeral information if it is available at the time.

I hope this helps,

SFC Kristen Duus
Chief of External Communications
Public Affairs NCOIC- D.C. Directorate
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

From: Everette, Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 23 October, 2019 14:32
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: West Virginia Soldier Accounted For From Korea War

Dear Editor,

Oct. 23, 2019

WASHINGTON- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today

that Army Cpl. Charles H. Grubb, 21, of War Eagle, West Virginia, killed

during the Korean War, was accounted for Aug. 27, 2019.

(This identification was initially published Aug. 29, 2019.)

In late 1950, Grubb was a member of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry

Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Dec.

1, 1950, after the enemy attacked his unit near the Chosin Reservoir, North

Korea. Immediately after the battle Grubb was declared missing in action and

a few months later, he was officially determined to have been killed in

action. His remains were not 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 Grubb's remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological

analysis, as well as circumstantial and material evidence.  Additionally,

scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial

DNA (mtDNA) and autosomal DNA (auSTR) analysis.

Today, 7,608 Americans remain unaccounted for from the Korean War. Using

modern technology, identifications continue to be made from remains that

were previously returned by Korean officials, recovered from Korea by

American recovery teams or disinterred from unknown graves. Grubb'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 missing from the

Korean War. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has

been accounted for.

For family information, contact the Army Casualty office at (800) 892-2490.

Grubb will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. The date has yet to be

determined.

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.

Grubb's personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000000djMhJEAU

//////

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

From: Everette, Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 23 October, 2019 13:18
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: New York Airman Accounted For From World War II

Dear Editor,

Oct. 23, 2019

WASHINGTON- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today

that Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. John F. McTigue, 22, of Astoria, New York,

killed during World War II, was accounted for Sept. 3, 2019.

(This identification was initially published Sept. 6, 2019.)

In the summer of 1944, McTigue was a member of the 407th Bombardment

Squadron (Heavy,) 92d Bombardment Group (Heavy,) 40th Combat Bombardment

Wing, 1st Air Division, 8th Air Force. On Aug. 24, 1944, McTigue co-piloted

a B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft, carrying nine crewmembers, which was

struck by German anti-aircraft fire and crashed during a bombing raid over

Merseburg, Germany. Four crewmembers survived and were captured by German

forces, while five, including McTigue, were killed. His remains were

reported to have been buried in the Leipzig-Lindenthal Cemetery.

After the war, the American Graves Registration Command (AGRC) recovered

three sets of remains from the Lindenthal Cemetery. One set was identified,

but the other two could not be, and were subsequently designated Unknown

X-1047 and X-183. In 1947, it was determined that X-1047 contained the

remains of two separate individuals. They were segregated and redesignated

as X-1047A and X-1047B. The three sets were then declared unidentifiable and

buried as unknown American service members in American Battle Monuments

Commission (ABMC) cemeteries in Europe.

In 2017, while studying American losses and unidentified remains recovered

from outside Leipzig, Germany, a DPAA historian determined that X-1047A,

X-1047B and X-183 could likely be associated with crewmembers from McTigue's

B-17G Flying Fortress.

In April 2019, the Department of Defense and ABMC disinterred X-1047A,

X-1047B and X-183 and accessioned the remains to the DPAA laboratory for

identification.

To identify McTigue's remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological

analysis.  Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner

System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.

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.

Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, more than 400,000

died during the war.  Currently there are 72,650 service members still

unaccounted for from World War II with approximately 30,000 assessed as

possibly recoverable. McTigue's name is recorded on the Tablets of the

Missing at the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, an ABMC site in Hombourg,

Belgium, along with the others missing from WWII. Although interred as an

Unknown, McTigue's grave was meticulously cared for by ABMC for 70 years.  A

rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted

for.

For family information, contact the Army Service Casualty office at (800)

892-2490.

McTigue will be buried Nov. 18, 2019 in Woodside, New York.

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.

McTigue's personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XlekEAC

//////

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

From: Everette, Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 23 October, 2019 12:19
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: CORRECTION: Texas Marine Accounted For From World War II

Dear Editor,

A correction has been made to this release. Please use this version.

Oct. 23, 2019

WASHINGTON- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today

that Marine Corps Reserve 2nd Lt. Ernest A. Matthews, Jr., 34, of Dallas,

killed during World War II, was accounted for on Dec. 2, 2016.

(This identification was initially published Jan. 7, 2017.)

In November 1943, Matthews was assigned to Headquarters Company,

Headquarters Battalion, Division Special Troops, 2nd Marine Division, which

landed against stiff Japanese resistance on the small island of Betio in the

Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands, in an attempt to secure the island.

Over several days of intense fighting at Tarawa, approximately 1,000 Marines

and Sailors were killed and more than 2,000 were wounded, while the Japanese

were virtually annihilated. Matthews died on the first day of battle, Nov.

20, 1943.  His remains were reportedly buried in Cemetery 33.

In 1946, the 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company centralized all

of the American remains found on Tarawa to Lone Palm Cemetery for later

repatriation; however, almost half of the known casualties were never found.

No recovered remains could be associated with Matthews, and in October 1949,

a Board of Review declared him "non-recoverable." 

In June 2015, History Flight, Inc., a nonprofit organization, unearthed

multiple sets of remains who had been buried on Betio. The remains were

turned over to DPAA.

To identify Matthews' remains, scientists from DPAA used dental,

anthropological, and chest radiograph comparison analysis, as well as

circumstantial and material evidence.

DPAA is appreciative to History Flight, Inc., for their partnership in this

mission.

Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, more than 400,000

died during the war.  Currently there are 72,650 service members still

unaccounted for from World War II with approximately 30,000 assessed as

possibly recoverable. Matthews' name is recorded on the Courts of the

Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the

Punchbowl, along with the others killed or lost in WWII. A rosette will be

placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.

For family information, contact the Marine Corps Service Casualty office at

(800) 847-1597.

Matthews will be buried Nov. 5, 2019, in San Antonio.

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.

Matthews' personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000001EuW0GEAV

//////

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

From: Everette, Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 23 October, 2019 07:51
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Tennessee Soldier Accounted For From World War II

Dear Editor,

Oct. 23, 2019

WASHINGTON- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today

that Army Pvt. Connie Cagle, 23, of Sweetwater, Tennessee, killed during

World War II, was accounted for on July 8, 2019.

(This release was initially published July 17, 2019.)

In late 1942, Cagle was a member of Company K, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd

Infantry Division, when his unit was engaged with enemy forces along the

Soputa-Sanananda Track, near Buna, in the Australian Territory of Papua

(present-day Papua New Guinea). Cagle was killed in action on Nov. 22, 1942.

On Jan. 16, 1943, the remains of an unidentified American Soldier,

designated X-81, were interred at the U.S. Temporary Cemetery Soputa #2. On

April 3, 1943, the remains were moved to U.S. Temporary Cemetery Soputa #1.

In 1947, the American Graves Registration service exhumed approximately

11,000 sets of remains, including X-81, which was redesignated as X-1568,

and sent to the Central Identification Point at the Manila Mausoleum in the

Philippines. X-1568 could not be identified and was interred at Fort

McKinley (now the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.)

On Feb. 24, 2017, Unknown X-1568 was disinterred, and the remains were sent

to the DPAA laboratory for analysis.

To identify Cagle's remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological

analysis.  Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner

System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.

DPAA is grateful to the American Battle Monuments Commission for their

partnership in this mission.

For family information, contact the Army Service Casualty Office at (800)

892-2490.

Cagle will be buried in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The date has yet to be

determined.

Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, more than 400,000

died during the war.  Currently there are 72,650 service members still

unaccounted for from World War II with approximately 30,000 assessed as

possibly recoverable.  Cagle's name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing

at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, an American Battle Monuments

Commission site along with the others missing from WWII. A rosette will be

placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.

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.

Cagle's personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XfOeEAK

//////

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

Funeral Notice!

moe note: Sgt. Tyler was Captured (POW) and Died in Captivity.

-----Original Message-----
From: Everette, Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 22 October, 2019 11:36
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Texas Airman Accounted For From World War II

Dear Editor,

Oct. 22, 2019

WASHINGTON- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today

that U.S. Army Air Forces Sgt. R.L. Tyler, 22, of Denton County, Texas, who

was captured and died in captivity during World War II, was accounted for

Sept. 10, 2019.

(This identification was initially published Sept. 12, 2019.)

In 1942, Tyler was a member of Headquarters Squadron, 19th Bombardment

Group, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands.  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 captured and interned at

POW camps.  Tyler 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, Tyler died July 19,

1942, and was buried along with other deceased prisoners in the local

Cabanatuan Camp Cemetery, in common grave number 312. 

Following the war, American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) personnel

exhumed those buried at the Cabanatuan cemetery and relocated the remains to

a temporary U.S. military mausoleum near Manila. In late 1947, the AGRS

examined the remains in an attempt to identify them. Due to the

circumstances of the POW deaths and burials, the extensive commingling, and

the limited identification technologies of the time, all of the remains

could not be individually identified. The unidentified remains were interred

as "unknowns" in the present-day Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.

In May 2018, 23 "unknown" remains associated with Common Grave 312 were

disinterred and sent to the DPAA laboratory for analysis, including one set,

designated X-2846 Manila Cemetery #2.

To identify Tyler's remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological

analysis as well as circumstantial and material evidence.  Additionally,

scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial

DNA (mtDNA) analysis.

DPAA is grateful to the American Battle Monuments Commission and the United

States Army for their partnership in this mission.

Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, more than 400,000

died during the war. Currently there are 72,650 service members still

unaccounted for from World War II with approximately 30,000 assessed as

possibly recoverable. Tyler's name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing

at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, an American Battle Monuments

Commission site along with others missing from WWII. Although interred as an

"unknown" in Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Tyler's grave was

meticulously cared for over the past 70 years by the American Battle

Monuments Commission. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate

he has been accounted for.

For family information, contact the Army Service Casualty Office at (800)

892-2490.

Tyler will be buried at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines. The

date has yet to be determined.

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.

Tyler's personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000Xl9IEAS

//////

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

Welcome HOME, Sgt. Smith, Jr.!

moe note: Should he not be classified as ‘Killed in Captivity, (KIC)? Should he not be eligible for Prisoner of War (POW) Benefits?

-----Original Message-----
From: Everette, Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 22 October, 2019 12:30
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Kansas Soldier Accounted For From The Korean War

Dear Editor,

Oct. 22, 2019

WASHINGTON- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today

that Army Sgt. James E. Smith, Jr., 21, of Sedgwick, Kansas, killed during

the Korean War, was accounted for August 19, 2019.

In late 1950, Smith was a member of Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion,

23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was reported missing in

action on Nov. 25, 1950, when enemy forces attacked his unit near

Kujang-dong, North Korea. Following the war, several returned American

prisoners of war reported that Smith had died in January 1951, in the

vicinity of Pukchin-Tarigol, a temporary prisoner of war camp.

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 Smith's remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological

analysis, as well as circumstantial and material evidence. Additionally,

scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial

DNA (mtDNA) and autosomal DNA (auSTR) analysis.

Today, 7,608 Americans remain unaccounted for from the Korean War. Using

modern technology, identifications continue to be made from remains that

were previously returned by Korean officials, recovered from Korea by

American recovery teams or disinterred from unknown graves. Smith'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 missing from the

Korean War. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has

been accounted for.

For family information, contact the Army Casualty office at (800) 892-2490.

Smith will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. The date has yet to be

determined.

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.

Smith's personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt00000004oMUEAY

//////

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

From: Everette, Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 22 October, 2019 09:27
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Texas Sailor From the USS Oklahoma Accounted For >From World War II

Dear Editor,

Oct. 22, 2019

WASHINGTON— The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today

that Navy Fire Controlman 3rd Class Victor P. Tumlinson, 19, of

Raymondville, Texas, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Feb.

8, 2019.

(This identification was initially released on March 5, 2019.)

On Dec. 7, 1941, Tumlinson 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 Tumlinson. 

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, known as the Punchbowl, in

Honolulu. In October 1949, a military board classified those who could not

be identified as non-recoverable, including Tumlinson.

In April 2015, the Deputy Secretary of Defense issued a policy memorandum

directing the disinterment of unknowns associated with the USS Oklahoma. On

June 15, 2015, DPAA personnel began exhuming the remains from the Punchbowl

for analysis.

¬

To identify Tumlinson’s remains, scientists from DPAA and the Armed Forces

Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis, dental and

anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial and material evidence. 

DPAA is grateful to the Department of Veterans Affairs for their partnership

in this mission.

Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, more than 400,000

died during the war. Currently there are 72,650 still unaccounted for from

World War II with approximately 30,000 assessed as possibly recoverable.

Tumlinson’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.

For family information, contact the Navy Service Casualty office at (800)

443-9298.

Tumlinson will be buried Dec. 7, 2019, in his hometown of Raymondville, Texas

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.

Tumlinson’s personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XgBHEA0

//////

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

From: Everette, Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 21 October, 2019 14:17
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: New Mexico Soldier Accounted For From The Korean War

Dear Editor,

Oct. 21, 2019

WASHINGTON- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today

that Army Sgt. 1st Class Phillip C. Mendoza, 27, of Anthony, New Mexico,

killed during the Korean War, was accounted for Aug. 9, 2019.

(This identification was initially released on Aug. 19, 2019.)

In late 1950, Mendoza was an artilleryman with Battery D, 15th Anti-Aircraft

Artillery, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 31st Regimental Combat Team. He

was reported missing in action Dec. 2, 1950, when his unit engaged against

enemy forces near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea. His remains could not

be recovered following the battle.

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 Mendoza's remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological

analysis, as well as circumstantial and material evidence.  Additionally,

scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial

DNA (mtDNA), Y-chromosome DNA (Y-STR) and autosomal DNA (auSTR) analysis.

Today, 7,608 Americans remain unaccounted for from the Korean War. Using

modern technology, identifications continue to be made from remains that

were previously returned by Korean officials, recovered from Korea by

American recovery teams or disinterred from unknown graves. Mendoza'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 missing from the

Korean War. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has

been accounted for.

For family information, contact the Army Casualty office at (800) 892-2490.

Mendoza will be buried Nov. 15, 2019 in Dixon, California.

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.

Mendoza's personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000000213s9EAA

//////

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

From: Everette, Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 21 October, 2019 12:53
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Minnesota Soldier Accounted For From The Korea War

Dear Editor,

Oct. 21, 2019

WASHINGTON- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today

that Army Cpl. Gudmund C. Johnson, Jr., 22, of Red Wing, Minnesota, who was

captured and died in captivity during the Korean War, was accounted for Aug.

27, 2019.

(This identification was initially released Aug. 29, 2019.)

In November 1950, Johnson was a member of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 35th

Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces

on Nov. 28, 1950, near Unsan, North Korea, and held at Prisoner of War Camp

5, where he reportedly died in July 1951. His remains were subsequently

declared non-recoverable.

In September 1954, during Operation Glory, North Korea returned remains

reportedly recovered from Pyoktong, also known as Prisoner of War Camp 5, to

the United Nations Command. One set of remains, Unknown X-14693, could not

be identified and were buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the

Pacific in Honolulu.

In April 2018, the Department of Defense X-14693 and sent the remains to the

DPAA laboratory for analysis.

To identify Johnson'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.

DPAA is grateful to the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of

the Army for their partnership in this mission.

Today, 7,608 Americans remain unaccounted for from the Korean War. Using

modern technology, identifications continue to be made from remains that

were previously returned by Korean officials, recovered from Korea by

American recovery teams, or disinterred from unknown graves. Johnson'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 missing from the

Korean War. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has

been accounted for.

For family information, contact the Army Service Casualty Office at (800)

892-2490.

Johnson will be buried Nov. 9, 2019, in his hometown of Red Wing, Minnesota

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.

Johnson's personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000009QMQ7EAO

//////

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

From: Everette, Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 21 October, 2019 11:07
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Pennsylvania Marine Accounted For From World War II

Dear Editor,

Oct. 21, 2019

WASHINGTON- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today

that Marine Corps Reserve Pvt. Joseph F. Boschetti, 23, of Philadelphia,

killed during World War II, was accounted for on July 8, 2019.

In November 1943, Boschetti was a member of Company A, 1st Battalion, 18th

Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force, which landed

against stiff Japanese resistance on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa

Atoll of the Gilbert Islands, in an attempt to secure the island. Over

several days of intense fighting at Tarawa, approximately 1,000 Marines and

Sailors were killed and more than 2,000 were wounded, while the Japanese

were virtually annihilated. Boschetti died on the first day of battle, Nov.

20, 1943.

Despite the heavy casualties suffered by U.S. forces, military success in

the battle of Tarawa was a huge victory for the U.S. military because the

Gilbert Islands provided the U.S. Pacific Fleet a platform from which to

launch assaults on the Marshall and Caroline Islands to advance their

Central Pacific Campaign against Japan.

In the immediate aftermath of the fighting on Tarawa, U.S. service members

who died in the battle were buried in a number of battlefield cemeteries on

the island. The 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company conducted

remains recovery operations on Betio between 1946 and 1947, but Boschetti's

remains were not identified. All of the remains found on Tarawa were sent to

the Schofield Barracks Central Identification Laboratory in Hawaii for

identification in 1947.  By 1949, the remains that had not been identified

were interred as unknowns in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific,

known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu, including one set, designated as Tarawa

Unknown X-020.

On Jan. 9, 2017, DPAA disinterred Tarawa Unknown X-020 from the Punchbowl

for identification.

To identify Boschetti's remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological

analysis, as well as circumstantial and material evidence.  Additionally,

scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial

DNA (mtDNA) and Y-chromosome DNA (Y-STR) analysis.

DPAA is grateful to the Department of Veterans Affairs for their partnership

in this mission.

Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, more than 400,000

died during the war.  Currently there are 72,650 service members still

unaccounted for from World War II, with approximately 30,000 assessed as

possibly recoverable. Boschetti's name is recorded on the Courts of the

Missing at the Punchbowl, along with the others killed or lost in WWII. A

rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted

for.

For family information, contact the Marine Corps Service Casualty office at

(800) 847-1597.

For future funeral information, visit www.dpaa.mil.

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.

Boschetti's personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XggvEAC

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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

From: Everette, Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 21 October, 2019 10:29
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Wisconsin Soldier Accounted For From World War II

Dear Editor,

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Sgt.

Robert W. McCarville, 24, of Beloit, Wisconsin, killed during World War II,

was accounted for on July 10, 2019.

(This identification was initially published on July 15, 2019.)

In December 1942, McCarville was a member of Company L, 128th Infantry

Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division.  He was killed in action on Dec. 5, 1942,

during an assault against enemy positions near Cape Endaiadere, Duropa

Plantation, Territory of Papua.  Due to intense enemy fire, his unit was

unable to recover his remains.

In 1945, a platoon leader from McCarville's company recalled that

McCarville's remains were recovered Dec. 18, 1942, and he was buried in a

temporary grave near where he was killed.  The platoon leader said that in

January 1943, a burial detail disinterred McCarville's remains and

transferred them to a small cemetery on the beach at Cape Endaiadere.

On Jan. 6, 1943, the remains of an unidentified American Soldier were

interred at the U.S. Duropa Plantation Cemetery #1.  In March 1945, the

remains were moved to U.S. Armed Forces Cemetery Finschhafen #2 where they

were designated "Unknown X-34." 

In 1947, the American Graves Registration service exhumed approximately

11,000 sets of remains, including X-34, and sent them to the Central

Identification Point at the Manila Mausoleum in the Philippines.  X-34 could

not be identified and subsequently was interred at Fort McKinley (now the

Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.)

On Nov. 4, 2016, Unknown X-34 was disinterred, and the remains were sent to

the DPAA laboratory for analysis.

To identify McCarville's remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and

anthropological analysis.  Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces

Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and Y-chromosome DNA

(Y-STR) analysis.

DPAA is grateful to the American Battle Monuments Commission for their

partnership in this mission.

For family information, contact the Army Service Casualty Office at (800)

892-2490.

McCarville will be buried Nov. 10, 2019 in his hometown of Beloit, Wisconsin.

Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, more than 400,000

died during the war.  Currently there are 72,650 service members still

unaccounted for from World War II, with approximately 30,000 assessed as

possibly recoverable. McCarville's name is recorded on the Walls of the

Missing at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, an American Battle

Monuments Commission site along with the others missing from WWII. A rosette

will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.

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.

McCarville's personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000ccDpEAI

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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

-----Original Message-----
From: Everette, Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 18 October, 2019 09:07
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Massachusetts Airman Accounted For From World War II

Dear Editor,

Oct. 18, 2019

WASHINGTON- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today

that U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Joseph E. Finneran, 22, of Jamaica Plain,

Massachusetts, killed during World War II, was accounted for Aug. 9, 2019.

(This identification was initially published Aug. 13, 2019.)

In the summer of 1943, Finneran was a bombardier assigned to the 345th

Bombardment Squadron, 98th Bombardment Group (Heavy), known as the

Pyramidiers. On Aug. 1, 1943, the B-24D aircraft on which Finneran served

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. Of the Americans killed, only 27

could be identified, not including Finneran.  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) was the

organization that searched for and recovered fallen American personnel.  The

teams disinterred all American remains from the Bolovan Cemetery for

identification.  One set that could not be identified was designated Unknown

X-5300 Neuville, and reinterred into the American Military Cemetery at

Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium.

In 2017, DPAA began exhuming unknowns believed to be associated with

unaccounted-for airmen from Operation Tidal Wave losses.  On Aug. 28, 2017,

Unknown X-5300 Neuville was disinterred and sent to the laboratory for

analysis.

To identify Finneran's remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological

analysis.  Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner

System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.

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 family information, contact the Army Service Casualty Office at (800)

892-2490.

Finneran will be buried Nov. 9, 2019, in West Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, more than 400,000

died during the war.  Currently there are 72,652 service members still

unaccounted for from World War II, of which approximately 30,000 are

assessed as possibly recoverable. Finneran'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 the others missing

from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been

accounted for.

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.

//////

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

From: Everette, Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 18 October, 2019 08:16
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Georgia Soldier Accounted For From the Korea War

Dear Editor,

Oct. 18, 2019

WASHINGTON- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today

that Army Sgt. Billy J. Maxwell, 19, of Hogansville, Georgia, killed during

the Korean War, was accounted for Aug. 7, 2019.

(This identification was initially released Aug. 9, 2019.)

In late 1950, Maxell was a member of Heavy Mortar Company, 31st Infantry

Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. His unit was engaged in intense fighting

with the Chinese People's Volunteer Forces at near the Chosin Reservoir,

North Korea.  He was reported missing in action Nov. 30, 1950.  Following

the war, 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 Maxwell'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.

Today, 7,608 Americans remain unaccounted for from the Korean War. Using

modern technology, identifications continue to be made from remains that

were previously returned by Korean officials, recovered from Korea by

American recovery teams or disinterred from unknown graves.  Maxwell'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 missing from the

Korean War. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has

been accounted for.

For family information, contact the Army Casualty office at (800) 892-2490.

Maxwell will be buried Nov. 9, 2019, in his hometown of Hogansville Georgia

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.

Maxwell's personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt00000001VFXEA2

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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

From: Everette, Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 17 October, 2019 08:37
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Ohio Soldier Accounted For From the Korean War

Dear Editor,

Oct. 17, 2019

WASHINGTON- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today

that Army Cpl. Robert L. Bray, 18, of Chillicothe, Ohio, killed during the

Korean War, was accounted for on June 6, 2019.

(This identification was initially published June 10, 2019.)

In the summer of 1950, Bray was a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 34th

Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Regiment, fighting against members of the

Korean People's Army.  On July 20, 1950, he was reported missing in action

in the vicinity of Taejon, South Korea.  Absent of evidence of continued

survival, the Department of the Army declared him deceased as of Dec. 31,

1953.

According to historical reports, the 565th Quartermaster Graves Registration

Company recovered a set of remains initially designated as Unknown X-704

Tanggok from a common grave in the Kujong-ni, South Korea.  On March 31,

1955, the remains were declared unidentifiable and were subsequently

transferred to the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the

Punchbowl, in Honolulu and were interred as an Unknown.

In August 2018, following thorough historical and scientific analysis, X-704

Tanggok was disinterred from the Punchbowl and sent to the laboratory for

analysis.

To identify Bray's remains, scientists from DPAA used dental,

anthropological and chest radiograph comparison analysis, as well as

circumstantial and material evidence. 

DPAA is grateful to the Department of Veterans Affairs for their partnership

in this mission.

Today, 7,608 Americans remain unaccounted for from the Korean War. Using

modern technology, identifications continue to be made from remains that

were previously returned by Korean officials, recovered from Korea by

American recovery teams or disinterred from unknown graves.  Bray's name is

recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the Punchbowl along with others who

are missing from the Korean War.  A rosette will be placed next to his name

to indicate he has been accounted for.

For family contact information, contact the Army Service Casualty Office at

(800) 892-2490.

Bray will be buried Nov. 6, 2019, in Bainbridge, Ohio.

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.

Bray's personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000000GKLyIEAX

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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

From: Everette, Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 17 October, 2019 16:08
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Correction: Kentucky Sailor Accounted For From World War II

Dear Editor,

Oct. 17, 2019

WASHINGTON— The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today

that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, accounted for from World War II are

being returned to his family for burial with full military honors.

(This identification was initially published Aug. 15, 2019.)

Navy Seaman 2nd Class Hubert P. Hall, 20, of Floyd County, Kentucky,

accounted for on Aug. 14, 2019, will be buried in the spring of 2020 at the

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in

Honolulu. On Dec. 7, 1941, Hall 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 Hall. 

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

Punchbowl. In October 1949, a military board classified those who could not

be identified as non-recoverable, including Hall.

In April 2015, the Deputy Secretary of Defense issued a policy memorandum

directing the disinterment of unknowns associated with the USS Oklahoma. On

June 15, 2015, DPAA personnel began exhuming the remains from the Punchbowl

for analysis.

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To identify Hall’s remains, scientists from DPAA and the Armed Forces

Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial (mtDNA) DNA analysis, dental and

anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence. 

DPAA is grateful to the Department of Veterans Affairs for their partnership

in this mission.

Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, more than 400,000

died during the war.  Currently there are 72,652 still unaccounted for from

World War II with approximately 30,000 assessed as possibly recoverable.

Hall’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.

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.

Hall’s personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XeLVEA0

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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

From: Everette, Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 17 October, 2019 11:00
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: South Dakota Soldier Accounted For From World War II

Dear Editor,

Oct. 17, 2019

WASHINGTON- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today

that Army Pfc. Donald E. Mangan, 26, of Elkton, South Dakota, killed during

World War II, was accounted for on July 30, 2019.

(This identification was initially published on Aug. 7, 2019.)

In 1944, Mangan was a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry

Regiment, 28th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Sept.

17, 1944, after his unit was attacked by enemy forces near Wettlingen,

Germany. His remains could not be recovered after the attack.

After the war, the American Graves Registration Command (AGRC), U.S. Army

Quartermaster Corps, was the unit tasked with investigation and recovery of

missing American personnel.  The AGRC collected thousands of unknown remains

from across northern Europe.  A mass grave of several 112th Infantry

Soldiers was found near Wettlingen, and most were identified through

identification tags or personal effects.  However two sets, designated X-70

Hamm and X-71 Hamm, were declared unidentifiable, and subsequently buried in

the Luxembourg American Cemetery as Unknowns.

In 2017, while studying American losses and unidentified remains recovered

from combat around Wettlingen, Germany, a DPAA historian reviewed documents

of X-70 Hamm, and determined that there were five unresolved American

casualties who were last known to have been lost in combat near Wettlingen,

including Mangan.

In April 2019, the Department of Defense and American Battle Monuments

Commission disinterred X-70 Hamm and accessioned the remains to the DPAA

laboratory.

To identify Mangan's remains, scientists from DPAA used dental,

anthropological analysis and chest radiograph comparison analysis, as well

as circumstantial evidence. 

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.

Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, more than 400,000

died during the war.  Currently, there are 72,652 service members still

unaccounted for from World War II with approximately 30,000 assessed as

possibly recoverable. Mangan's name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing

at Luxembourg American Cemetery, an American Battle Monuments Commission

site in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, along with others missing from WWII.

Although interred as an Unknown, Mangan's grave was meticulously cared for

by ABMC for 70 years.  A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate

he has been accounted for.

For family information, contact the Army Service Casualty office at (800)

892-2490.

Mangan will be buried in Gig Harbor, Washington, on Oct. 22, 2019.

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.

Mangan's personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000001Ol8RGEAZ

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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

From: Everette, Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA)
<sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 16 October, 2019 14:10
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Michigan Soldier Accounted for from the Korean War


Dear Editor,

Oct. 16, 2019

WASHINGTON- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today
that Army Sgt. David A. Feriend, 23, of Fife Lake, Michigan, killed during
the Korean War, was accounted for Aug. 7, 2019.

(This identification was initially published on Aug. 12, 2019.)


In late 1950, Feriend was a member of Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion,
31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in
action on Dec. 6, 1950, in the vicinity of 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 Feriend's remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological
analysis, as well as circumstantial and material evidence.  Additionally,
scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial
DNA (mtDNA), Y-chromosome DNA (Y-STR) and autosomal DNA (auSTR) analysis.

Today, 7,608 Americans remain unaccounted for from the Korean War. Using
modern technology, identifications continue to be made from remains that
were previously returned by Korean officials, recovered from Korea by
American recovery teams or disinterred from unknown graves.  Feriend'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 missing from the
Korean War. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has
been accounted for.

For family information, contact the Army Casualty office at (800) 892-2490.

Feriend will be buried Oct. 13, 2019, in Kingsley, Michigan.


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  http://www.facebook.com/dodpaa 
or call (703) 699-1420/1169.


Feriend's personnel profile can be viewed at
https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000000hAgs7EAC

 

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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

From: Duus, Kristen L SFC USARMY DPAA EC (USA) <kristen.l.duus.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 4 October, 2019 09:14
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: New York Coast Guardsman Accounted For From World War II

Dear Editor,

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Coast

Guard Lt. Thomas J.E. Crotty, 30, of Buffalo, New York, killed during World

War II, was accounted for Sept. 10, 2019.

(This identification was initially published on Sept. 17, 2019.)

In 1942, Crotty served aboard the USS Quail in the Philippines as part of

the 16th Naval District-in-Shore Patrol Headquarters, in Cavite Navy Yard on

the Philippine Islands.

Thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members were taken prisoner and sent

to prisoner of war camps. Crotty 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, Crotty died July 19, 1942, and was

buried along with fellow prisoners in the Cabanatuan Camp Cemetery, in grave

number 312.

Following the war, American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) personnel

exhumed those buried at the Cabanatuan cemetery and 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 January 2018, the "unknown" remains associated with Common Grave 312 were

disinterred and sent to the DPAA laboratory for analysis, including one set,

designated X-2858 Manila #2.

To identify Crotty'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.

DPAA is grateful to the American Battle Monuments Commission and the United

States Coast Guard for their partnership in this mission.

Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, more than 400,000

died during the war. Currently there are 72,657 service members still

unaccounted for from World War II, of which approximately 30,000 are

assessed as possibly-recoverable. Crotty's name is recorded on the Walls of

the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, an American Battle

Monuments Commission site along with others missing from WWII. Although

interred as an "unknown" in Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Crotty's

grave was meticulously cared for over the past 70 years by the American

Battle Monuments Commission.  A rosette will be placed next to his name to

indicate he has been accounted for.

For family information, contact the Coast Guard Service Casualty Office at

(202) 795-6637.

Crotty will be buried Nov. 3, 2019, in Buffalo, New York.

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.

Crotty's personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XeNPEA0

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SFC Kristen Duus

Chief of External Communications

Public Affairs NCOIC- D.C. Directorate

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

2300 Defense Pentagon

Washington, D.C 20301-2300

(703) 699-1420

From: Duus, Kristen L SFC USARMY DPAA EC (USA) <kristen.l.duus.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 1 October, 2019 09:03
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: New York Soldier Accounted For From Korean War

Dear Editor,

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Sgt.

Gerald B. Raeymacker, 21, of Dunkirk, New York, killed during the Korean

War, was accounted for Aug. 9, 2019.

(This identification was initially published Aug. 22, 2019.)

In late 1950, Raeymacker was a member of Battery B, 57th Field Artillery

Battalion, 7th Infantry Division, 31st Regimental Combat Team. He was

reported missing in action on Dec. 6, 1950, in the vicinity of the Chosin

Reservoir, North Korea, when his unit was attacked by enemy forces.

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 Raeymacker's remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological

analysis, as well as circumstantial and material evidence.  Additionally,

scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial

DNA (mtDNA), Y-chromosome DNA (Y-STR) and autosomal DNA (auSTR) analysis.

Today, 7,609 Americans remain unaccounted for from the Korean War. Using

modern technology, identifications continue to be made from remains that

were previously returned by Korean officials, recovered from Korea by

American recovery teams or disinterred from unknown graves.  Raeymacker'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 missing

from the Korean War. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate

he has been accounted for.

For family information, contact the Army Casualty office at (800) 892-2490

Raeymacker will be buried Oct. 19, 2019, in his hometown of Dunkirk, New York.

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.

Raeymacker's personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000000ffRJAEA2

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SFC Kristen Duus

Chief of External Communications

Public Affairs NCOIC- D.C. Directorate

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

2300 Defense Pentagon

Washington, D.C 20301-2300

(703) 699-1420

From: Duus, Kristen L SFC USARMY DPAA EC (USA) <kristen.l.duus.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 30 September, 2019 13:28
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Michigan Airman Accounted for from World War II

Dear Editor,

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army

Air Forces Cpl. Walter J. Kellett, 22, of Ironwood, Michigan, killed during

World War II, was accounted for July 23, 2019.

(This identification was initially published on Aug. 1, 2019.)

In 1942, Kellett was a member of the 17th Pursuit Squadron, 24th Pursuit

Group when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands.  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 captured and interned at

prisoner of war camps.  Kellett 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, Kellett died July 19,

1942, and was buried along with other deceased prisoners in the local

Cabanatuan Camp Cemetery, in grave number 312. 

Following the war, American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) personnel

exhumed those buried at the Cabanatuan cemetery and relocated the remains to

a temporary U.S. military mausoleum near Manila. In late 1947, the AGRS

examined the remains in an attempt to identify them. Due to the

circumstances of the POW deaths and burials, the extensive commingling, and

the limited identification technologies of the time, all of the remains

could not be individually identified. The unidentified remains were interred

as "unknowns" in the present-day Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.

In May 2018, 23 "unknown" remains associated with Common Grave 312 were

disinterred and sent to the DPAA laboratory for analysis, including one set,

designated X-2843 Manila Cemetery #2.

To identify Kellett'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.

DPAA is grateful to the American Battle Monuments Commission and the

Department of the Army for their partnership in this mission.

Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, more than 400,000

died during the war. Currently there are 72,657 service members still

unaccounted for from World War II, of which approximately 30,000 are

assessed as possibly-recoverable.  Kellett's name is recorded on the Walls

of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, an American

Battle Monuments Commission site, along with others missing from WWII.

Although interred as an "unknown" in Manila American Cemetery and Memorial,

Kellett's grave was meticulously cared for over the past 70 years by the

American Battle Monuments Commission.  A rosette will be placed next to his

name to indicate he has been accounted for.

For family information, contact the Army Service Casualty Office at (800)

892-2490.

Kellett will be buried Oct. 5, 2019, in his hometown.

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.

Kellett's personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt00000004qbqEAA

SFC Kristen Duus

Chief of External Communications

Public Affairs NCOIC- D.C. Directorate

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

2300 Defense Pentagon

Washington, D.C 20301-2300

(703) 699-1420

From: Duus, Kristen L SFC USARMY DPAA EC (USA) <kristen.l.duus.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 30 September, 2019 12:53
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: New Mexico Sailor Accounted For From World War II

Dear Editor,

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today Navy Reserve

Seaman 2nd Class Moyses A. Martinez, 19, of Dulce, New Mexico, killed during

World War II, was accounted for June 10, 2019.

(This identification was initially published June 17, 2019.)

On July 24, 1944, Martinez was aboard the battleship USS Colorado, which was

moored approximately 3,200 yards from the shore of Tinian Island,

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.  Early in the morning, the USS

Colorado, along with the light cruiser Cleveland and destroyers Remey and

Norman Scott, commenced firing toward the island.  Within two hours, a

concealed Japanese shore battery opened fire on the USS Colorado and the USS

Norman Scott.  The first hit on the USS Colorado resulted in a heavy

explosion, and the ship sustained extensive fragmentation damage.  From the

attack, four crewmen were declared missing in action, and 39 personnel were

killed, including Martinez.  Martinez and the other casualties were

subsequently interred in the 4th Marine Division Cemetery on Saipan.

In February 1948, under the direction of the American Graves Registration

Service's 9105th Technical Service Unit, three battlefield cemeteries,

including the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, were disinterred.  While the

majority of identifications that had been tentatively made following the

attack were upheld, nine sets were reclassified as "unknown."  Of those,

five were eventually identified and four were declared as unknown and were

interred at the Manila American Memorial and Cemetery in the Philippines.

On Oct. 18, 2017, personnel from DPAA, in partnership with the American

Battle Monuments Commission, exhumed Unknown X-74 from the Manila American

Memorial and Cemetery and accessioned the remains to the DPAA laboratory for

analysis.

To identify Martinez' 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.

DPAA is grateful to the American Battle Monuments Commission and the

Department of the Navy for their partnership in this mission.

Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, more than 400,000

died during the war.  Currently there are 72,657 service members still

unaccounted for from WWII, of which approximately 30,000 are assessed as

possibly recoverable.  Martinez' name is recorded on the Courts of the

Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, in Honolulu, along

with the others missing from WWII.  Although interred as an Unknown,

Martinez' grave was meticulously cared for by ABMC for 70 years.  A rosette

will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.

For family information, contact the Navy Service Casualty office at (800)

443-9298.

Martinez will be buried Oct. 8, 2019, in Las Vegas.

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.

Martinez' personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XfszEAC

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SFC Kristen Duus

Chief of External Communications

Public Affairs NCOIC- D.C. Directorate

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

2300 Defense Pentagon

Washington, D.C 20301-2300

(703) 699-1420

moe note:

this link is an Op-Ed in the Oregon Market. It is also a classic case of ignorance of the POW/MIA issue and the Congressionally approved Ensign, that the author refers to, that is a National symbol not a State symbol. She Speaks only to POW’s which indicates she may not know about the 82,000 American Families that STILL Wait for their Soldier to come home. Opportunity for an POW/MIA Advocate to Educate their fellow American.