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From: Everette,
Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Dear Editor,
July 9, 2020
WASHINGTON-The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Cpl. Francis J. Rochon, 21, of Superior, Wisconsin, reported missing in action during the Korean War, was accounted for June 18, 2020.
In late 1950, Rochon was a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Sept. 1, 1950, near Changnyeong, South Korea. The Army officially declared Rochon deceased on Dec. 31, 1953, and declared his remains non-recoverable Jan. 16, 1956.
In January 1951, the American Graves Registration Service Group (AGRSG) consolidated the remains from 12 smaller military cemeteries at the newly established United Nations Military Cemetery in Tanggok, South Korea, including one set of remains designated X-175 Tanggok, which had been recovered from the area where Rochon was last seen. In 1956, the remains, including X-175 Tanggok, were unable to be identified, and then transported to the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, also known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu where they were buried as Unknowns.
DPAA historians and analysts were able to determine that others buried in the same original, small cemetery as X-175 Tanggok had been lost in the same area as Rochon, and put forth his name as a possible match. The family of another Soldier lost during the same battle as Rochon also put in a request to have X-175 Tanggok and one other Unknown disinterred in hopes one of them would be their loved one. On Nov. 5, 2018, X-175 Tanggok was disinterred and sent to the DPAA Laboratory at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.
To identify Rochon'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.
Rochon's 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.
Rochon will be buried July 25, 2020 in Foxboro, Wisconsin.
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.
Rochon's personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000000zrrIFEAY
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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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Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Henderson, R.)Release No: 20-089 July 2, 2020In late 1950, Henderson was a member of Headquarters Battery, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 6, 1950, when his unit was attacked by enemy forces near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea. Following the battle, his remains could not be recovered. 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. Henderson’s personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt00000001UzdEAE |
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It was the summer of 2016, and Li was about to resume
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USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Stout, R.)Release No: 20-088 June 25, 2020On Dec. 7, 1941, Stout 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 Stout. 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. Stout’s personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XgDXEA0 |
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Body of Korean War soldier finally
returning home
Billie Joe Hash, 18,
killed during the Korean War, was officially
accounted for this week, said the Defense POW/MIA
Accounting Agency. Cpl. Hash was ...
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Kentucky soldier accounted for nearly 70
years after Korean War
The Defense POW/MIA
Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced Tuesday that Army
Cpl. Billie Joe Hash, 18, of Corbin, Kentucky,
killed during the ...
The remains of an Army
corporal are finally returning home from Korea after
more than 65 years
After more
than 65 years, The Defense POW/MIA
Accounting Agency (DPAA) has announced that
the remains of Corbin native and former
Army ...
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From: Everette,
Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 16 June, 2020 08:32
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Kentucky Soldier Accounted For From Korean War
Dear Editor,
June 16, 2020
WASHINGTON-The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that
Army Cpl. Billie Joe Hash, 18, of Corbin, Kentucky, killed during the Korean
War, was accounted for May 27, 2020.
In late 1950, Hash was a member of Headquarters Battery, 57th Field
Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in
action on Dec. 6, 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 Hash'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.
Hash'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.
Hash will be buried Aug. 29, 2020, in his hometown. (Corbin, Kentucky)
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.
Hash's personnel profile can be viewed at
https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000000g8D8cEAE.
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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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Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Rochon, F.)Release No: 20-085 July 9, 2020In late 1950, Rochon was a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Sept. 1, 1950, near Changnyeong, South Korea. The Army officially declared Rochon deceased on Dec. 31, 1953, and declared his remains non-recoverable Jan. 16, 1956. In January 1951, the American Graves Registration Service Group (AGRSG) consolidated the remains from 12 smaller military cemeteries at the newly established United Nations Military Cemetery in Tanggok, South Korea, including one set of remains designated X-175 Tanggok, which had been recovered from the area where Rochon was last seen. In 1956, the remains, including X-175 Tanggok, were unable to be identified, and then transported to the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, also known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu where they were buried as Unknowns. DPAA historians and analysts were able to determine that others buried in the same original, small cemetery as X-175 Tanggok had been lost in the same area as Rochon, and put forth his name as a possible match. The family of another Soldier lost during the same battle as Rochon also put in a request to have X-175 Tanggok and one other Unknown disinterred in hopes one of them would be their loved one. On Nov. 5, 2018, X-175 Tanggok was disinterred and sent to the DPAA Laboratory at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. To identify Rochon’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. Rochon’s 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. Rochon will be buried July 25, 2020 in Foxboro, Wisconsin. 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. Rochon’s personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000000zrrIFEAY |
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Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Conley, P.)Release No: 20-080 June 9, 2020In late 1950, Conley was a member of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 12, 1950, when his unit was attacked by enemy forces near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea. Following the battle, his remains could not be recovered. 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. Conley’s personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000000hKKmOEAW |
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Andersonville National Historic Site News Release
Release Date:
May 18, 2020 NR20-06 Andersonville National Historic Site Co-Hosts Multi-State Virtual Memorial Day Tribute
Virtual Event will complement non-public ceremonies held on site
ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia
–
This Memorial Day, Andersonville National Historic Site will join
thirty National Park Service units across 12 states and the District
of Columbia in hosting a virtual commemoration saluting America’s
fallen soldiers.
The 2020 National Park Service Virtual Memorial Day Tribute — a social media event spanning more than 13 hours on Monday, May 25th — features a series of livestreams, demonstrations, historic talks, and other activities starting at 8 am EDT/ 7 am CDT. The commemoration covers memorials and stories from the American Revolution to Vietnam and beyond and includes a spotlight video tribute of park rangers from Maryland to Montana reciting the “Gettysburg Address.” “While we are not able to hold large public ceremonies on site due to the ongoing pandemic, we will still honor our fallen service members with the solemn dignity and respect they have earned through their service and sacrifice,” said Acting Superintendent Steve Theus. “Andersonville National Historic Site preserves the location where nearly 13,000 Union soldiers died. It serves as a memorial to all American prisoners of war. And it includes the only national cemetery managed by the National Park Service where American military service members, veterans, and their families continue to be buried. It is our privilege and duty to honor and remember those who suffered and died in service to our nation.” For the Virtual Memorial Day Tribute, Andersonville National Historic Site will livestream the playing of Taps in the national cemetery on Monday, May 25th at 3 pm EDT, followed by the National Moment of Remembrance. Andersonville National Historic Site’s virtual program will complement non-public ceremonies to be conducted on site over the Memorial Day Weekend. A small portion of the Avenue of Flags will be on display from Tuesday May 19th through Friday May 29th. Retired U.S. Marine Corps Colonel Dan Gillian will play “Amazing Grace” on the bagpipes as he walks through the national cemetery. On Sunday and Monday a large wreath will be on display at the Rostrum. On Monday at 3 pm we will play Taps and observe the National Moment of Remembrance. These ceremonies will not be open to the public this year. Individuals and families visiting Andersonville National Cemetery may place a small American flag on a loved one’s grave beginning Wednesday, May 20th. Flags will be removed after Memorial Day, on Wednesday May 27th. As stated in our grave decoration policy, posted on our website at https://www.nps.gov/ande/planyourvisit/anc_grave_decorations.htm, wreaths and potted plants may be placed on graves from 10 days before to 10 days after Memorial Day. In addition to the program from Andersonville National Historic Site, dozens of other programs and content will be posted online by national park sites participating in the Virtual Memorial Day Tribute. These virtual programs will range from playing Civil War music, to reading the names of the fallen, to virtual tours of national cemeteries. The online event will close with livestream of the sun setting over Vicksburg National Cemetery. Visitors to the social media tribute are also invited to observe the holiday by performing an act of service in honor of a fallen service member, as part of Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park’s Memorial Day of Service activity. Information about the volunteer initiative, including service project ideas and a memorial certificate, will be posted at www.facebook.com/KMNBP beginning May 22. For a complete schedule of 2020 National Park Service Virtual Memorial Day Tribute activities, visit https://www.nps.gov/subjects/npscelebrates/memorial-day.htm or follow https://www.facebook.com/AndersonvilleNPS/ and #VirtualMemorialDay on Facebook.
About the National Park Service. More than 20,000
National Park Service employees care for America's 419 national parks
and work with communities across the nation to help preserve local
history and create close-to-home recreational opportunities. Learn more
at
www.nps.gov,
and on
Facebook,
Instagram,
Twitter,
and
YouTube.
Take care and stay safe,
Jody Mays Chief, Interpretation and Resource Management Andersonville National Historic Site National Prisoner of War Museum
Andersonville National Cemetery
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From: Mays, Jody L
<Jody_Mays@nps.gov>
Sent: 12 May, 2020 18:54
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Andersonville National Historic Site increasing
access
National Park Service News Release
Andersonville National Historic Site is beginning to increase recreational access to park grounds
Andersonville, Georgia – Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Andersonville National Historic Site is increasing recreational access. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
Beginning May 13, 2020, Andersonville National Historic Site will reopen access to all park grounds daily from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Limited brochures and information will be available outside in front of the visitor center doors. Direct burial services for eligible veterans and their families will continue with restrictions.
With public health in mind, the following facilities remain closed at this time:
The health and safety of our visitors, employees, volunteers, and partners continues to be paramount. At Andersonville National Historic Site, our operational approach will be to examine each facility function and service provided to ensure those operations comply with current public health guidance, and will be regularly monitored. We continue to work closely with the NPS Office of Public Health using CDC guidance to ensure public and workspaces are safe and clean for visitors, employees, partners, and volunteers.
While these areas are accessible for visitors to enjoy, a return to full operations will continue to be phased and services may be limited. When recreating, the public should follow local area health orders, practice Leave No Trace principles, avoid crowding and avoid high-risk outdoor activities.
The CDC has offered guidance to help people recreating in parks and open spaces prevent the spread of infectious diseases. We will continue to monitor all park functions to ensure that visitors adhere to CDC guidance for mitigating risks associated with the transmission of COVID-19, and take any additional steps necessary to protect public health.
We have an amazing virtual tour of Andersonville National Historic Site, done in partnership with Georgia Public Broadcasting, so for people who are still home schooling or not traveling at this time check out https://www.gpb.org/education/virtual/andersonville.
Details and updates on park operations will continue to be posted on our website (https://www.nps.gov/ande) and social media channels. Updates about NPS operations will be posted on www.nps.gov/coronavirus.
About the National Park Service. More than 20,000 National Park Service employees care for America's 419 national parks and work with communities across the nation to help preserve local history and create close-to-home recreational opportunities. Learn more at www.nps.gov, and on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.
Take care and stay safe,
Jody Mays
Chief, Interpretation and Resource Management
Andersonville National Historic Site
National Prisoner of War Museum
Andersonville National Cemetery
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| Date: | Sat, 11 Apr 2020 08:21:52 -0400 |
| From: | moehog@verizon.net |
From the desk of Fred Ingley.
moe note; NOT POW/MIA but very Patriotic WW II photos.
From: Fred Ingley
<fritzy39@gmail.com>
Sent: 10 April, 2020 16:46
To: Fred Ingley
<fritzy39us@yahoo.com>
Subject: Fwd: WW II Photos from
Family and Friends,
This was sent to me by a Marine Buddy. I really appreciated his sending them to me and sent back a reply with some information about my personal observations and experiences as a 2 to 6 year old during WW2. Am including that in that I believe many of you all might enjoy reading.
Sent BCC as always to deter scammers from getting your email address(es).
Stay safe and healthy.
Fred
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From:
Fred Ingley <fritzy39@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: WW II Photos from
To: George
George,
These are great! Thanks for sending them.
Don't recall if I had mentioned to you that during WW2 we were living in Miami where Dad was active in Civil Defense rising to second in charge. As such he went, and often took me as a toddler numerous places most folks didn't get to go, and I learned what a lot of folks didn't know either.
That war was closer than most peop[e realize. Three miles off of Miami Beach the Gulf Stream flows north at approx 6 knots.with a close in slower moving southerly counter current. I vividly recall seeing a burning torpedoed oil tanker drifting north in the Gulf Stream. I also have a less vivid image of 2 such burning tankers, 1 drifting north in the Gulf Stream and the other closer in drifting south in the counter current. Going to the beach always observed armed GI patrolling for saboteurs. Also there was much tar like bunker fuel from torpedoed ships on the beach. It got on ones feet and was difficult to wash off.. I recall P-52s taking off like swarms of hornets from Opa Locka Air Base in response to a reported German U-Boat off the coast. All the motor vehicles had the top half of their headlights blackened off to prevent night time observation from German U-Boats near by. The beach areas were under black out at night. In order to prevent the Public from panicking, injured and burned seamen from the torpedoed ships were only taken into Jackson Memorial Hospital between midnight and very early morning, 03:00 I believe. On one occasion while we were at a more isolated beach a Coast Guard Amphibian plane swooped very low to see who we were.
A friend from high school did some research and told me about a German spy who lived near the beach in Ft. Pierce and to alert German U-Boat captains regarding landing saboteurs would fly his American Flag one way if there were no troops ;in the area and a different way if there were. Understand that the Good Citizens of Ft. Pierce found out about him and hung the bastard from his flag pole.
Be safe and stay healthy.
S/F, .
Fred
10, 2020 at 8:09 AM George wrote:
These pictures are really great. thought you may like these. George
WORLD WAR II from Chicago
Just scroll DOWN from the first picture, and the captions are at the bottom of each pic.
Sent: Thu,
Apr 9, 2020 8:11 am
Subject: Our Flag...
Very Good!
Well now, that made my eyeballs sweat a wee bit! The first time I’ve heard that, it is the best performance I’ve ever heard regarding “Old Glory”!
Something to share with your strong network of friends. Bless us.
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War soldier missing for 70 years
The Defense POW/MIA
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From: Banaji, Darius RDML USN DPAA FO (USA)
<darius.banaji.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 3 April, 2020 13:28
Cc: Livick, Todd S CIV DPAA DPAA (USA)
<todd.s.livick.civ@mail.mil>;
Webb,
Johnie E JR CIV DPAA OC (USA)
<johnie.e.webb.civ@mail.mil>
Subject: DPAA Operational Update for Family Groups and Veteran Service
Organizations (April 2020)
Ladies & Gentlemen,
I trust this email finds you well, healthy and safe. As you, we've also
adapted and are taking all necessary measures to mitigate the spread of
Coronavirus (COVID-19).
I know you have seen a note from our Director, Mr. Kelly McKeague (also on
our Website), where we outline which recovery/investigative missions,
disinterments, and family member updates were either postponed or cancelled
due to COVID-19.
We continue internal planning and will be poised to resume world-wide
missions once US and world conditions allow. Meanwhile, I've attached a
summary and a few photos of four organic and three partnered missions which
returned in March.
Stay healthy and safe. My DPAA points of contact for any additional
questions or information are Mr. Todd Livick (todd.s.livick.civ@mail.mil)
and Mr. Johnie Webb (johnie.e.webb.civ@mail.mil).
With regards,
D. Banaji
Rear Admiral, US Navy
Deputy Director for Operations,
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
O: (808) 448-4500, x 3010
C: (808) 255-7799
Fulfilling Our Nation's Promise
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Subject: 51ST ANNUAL MEETING WILL NOT BE HELD IN JUNE, 2020
51ST ANNUAL MEETING WILL NOT BE HELD IN JUNE, 2020
It will come as no real surprise that due to the worldwide and domestic impact of coronavirus, COVID 19, the elected Board of Directors has unanimously decided that the League’s 51st Annual Meeting will not be held June 24-28, 2020. This will be the first time in the League’s 50-year history that such has occurred, but health considerations and common sense dictate no alternative.
This decision in no way should be viewed as any reduction of League priority, emphasis or determination to achieve our single, threefold objective: 1) return of all prisoners; 2) the fullest possible accounting for the missing; and 3) repatriation of all recoverable remains or, in the absence of one of these three, convincing evidence as to why none of the forgoing is possible. In all instances, the family of each POW/MIA or KIA/BNR is to be provided all information that pertains or may pertain to their missing loved one. (The League’s family and associate members have long known and accepted the reality that accounting for ALL missing and unaccounted-for personnel is impossible.)
Some have already registered for the 51st Annual Meeting, and we
would like to extend a few options for consideration:
- Apply your 51st Annual Meeting Registration Fees to a future annual meeting.
- Convert your Registration Fees into a donation to the League.
- Request a full refund of your Registration Fees from the League Office.
At this time and, for obvious reasons, including the “shutdown” guidance issued by the Governor of Virginia that extends until June 10th, the League office is closed. While we are doing as much as possible to maintain operations and check phone messages, the best way to get in touch if you have questions is through email at admin@pow-miafamilies.org.
Much as we all feel the burden of another lost opportunity when time is running out on Vietnam War accounting, there really is no option, but our determination is as strong or stronger than ever before. We’ll continue to send out regular electronic updates by email and post on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and the League website, and I’ll soon be sending out a long-overdue Newsletter providing an analysis of where things stand. Stay safe, stay strong, and self-isolate to help our nation recover, as we will, and soon!
Ann Mills-Griffiths
Chairman of the Board & CEO
National League of POW/MIA Families
5673 Columbia Pike, Suite 100
Falls Church, VA 22041
703-465-7432
The prisoner, who used the pseudonym Kim Il-soon, exposed the monstrous practice after surviving the hell of Kaechon concentration camp, which is located north of Pyongyang....
Holocaust Survivor Who Delivered US House Prayer Dies
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First State flyer's remains return
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Army Air Forces pilot killed
during World War II is coming home
A pilot
killed during World War II has been
identified and is coming home, according to
the Defense POW/MIA Accounting
Agency. Army Air Forces ...
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| March 23, 2020 Arlington burial set for Army corporal from Covington killed in Korean war
WASHINGTON, DC (WDBJ7) - Burial
has been scheduled for a US Army corporal from Covington who was
missing in action. The Defense POW/MIA ...
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Rio Grande Valley Korean War POW/MIA
accounted for
WASHINGTON – Today the
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)
announcing that U.S. Army Major Harvey H. Storms has
been accounted ...
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Remains identified for Covington Korean War
soldier reported missing
(WFXR) — The Defense
POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPPA) has
identified the remains of a Covington service member
killed during the Korean War ...
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From the desk of Jody Mays, Supervisor, Andersonville National Historical Site.
From: Mays, Jody L
<Jody_Mays@nps.gov> On Behalf Of ANDE Information, NPS
Sent: 24 March, 2020 12:49
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: News Release: Andersonville National Historic Site
Implements Additional Modifications to Operations
National Park Service News Release
Release Date: March 24, 2020
Contact:
NewsMedia@nps.gov
Andersonville National Historic Site Is Modifying Operations To
Implement Local Health Guidance
Andersonville, Georgia – Andersonville National Historic Site, in response to Executive Order 03.23.20.01 issued by the Governor of the State of Georgia, is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
As of March 24, 2020, Andersonville National Historic
Site will offer limited services outside those that support visitor or
resource protection. At Andersonville National Historic Site, the
following services and operations will be suspended in order to comply with
the state order:
The health and safety of our visitors, employees,
volunteers, and partners at Andersonville National Historic Site is our
number one priority. The National Park Service (NPS) is working with
federal, state, and local authorities to closely monitor COVID-19. We will
notify the public when we resume full operations and provide updates on our
website (https://www.nps.gov/ande/index.htm) and social media channels (http://facebook.com/AndersonvilleNPS and
http://www.twitter.com/andeNHS).
Andersonville National Cemetery remains accessible to
the public from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. daily in accordance with the
latest federal, state, and local health guidance. Burial services for
eligible veterans and family members continue to be offered.
The NPS encourages people who choose to
visit Andersonville National Historic Site during this pandemic to adhere
to guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and state and local public health authorities to protect
visitors and employees. As services are limited, the NPS urges visitors to
continue to practice Leave No Trace principles, including pack-in and pack-out, to keep outdoor spaces
safe and healthy.
The NPS encourages people to take advantage of the many
digital tools already available to explore Andersonville National Historic
Site, including:
Updates about NPS operations will be posted on www.nps.gov/coronavirus. Please check with individual parks for specific details about park operations.
About the National Park Service. More than 20,000 National Park Service employees care for America's 419 national parks and work with communities across the nation to help preserve local history and create close-to-home recreational opportunities. Learn more at www.nps.gov, and on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.
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From: Everette,
Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 24 March, 2020 10:08
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: South Dakota Pilot Acccounted For From World War II
Dear Editor,
March 24, 2020
WASHINGTON- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today
that U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Earl F. Ferguson, 26, of Philip, South
Dakota, killed during World War II, was accounted for Sept. 30, 2019.
In the summer of 1943, Ferguson was a pilot assigned to the 329th
Bombardment Squadron, 93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy), 8th Air Force. On Aug.
1, 1943, the B-24 aircraft on which Ferguson was the co-pilot 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, the
organization that searched for and recovered fallen American personnel,
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 Ferguson's remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and
anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces
Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.
Ferguson'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.
Ferguson will be buried in his hometown. The date has yet to be decided.
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.
Ferguson's personnel profile can be viewed at
https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt00000004pNoEAI.
///////
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)
Sent: 23 March, 2020 15:01
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: DPAA Release: DPAA Impacted by COVID-19
Good afternoon,
March 23, 2020
WASHINGTON- Like much of the world, the coronavirus (COVID-19) has had a
significant impact on the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), and in
particular, its operations.
Ultimately, the Agency's highest priority is the health, safety, and
physical well-being of the assigned service members, civilians, and
contractors, as well as the personnel of our partner organizations, all of
whom contribute to the accomplishment of its worldwide mission. To this,
DPAA is adhering to the Department of Defense (DoD) mandate of limiting all
travel of personnel.
All field missions this month have completed or terminated earlier than
planned, and personnel have returned home. Future missions are currently
postponed or canceled, at least through early June.
"COVID-19 dynamics have forced us to radically alter our operations, but
keeping our team safe, here at home and abroad, is paramount," said Kelly
McKeague, DPAA Director. "At the same time, we are continuing to take
actions with which our personnel can remain productive in their duties while
maintaining the required distancing."
Both the Miami, Florida, and Little Rock, Arkansas, Family Member Updates
(FMU), scheduled for March 21 and April 18, respectively, have been
canceled. Family members will still receive their respective loss briefings
provided by their service casualty officers and DPAA historians and analysts
by telephone. This is the first time DPAA has ever canceled an FMU, and did
so to protect attending families and other FMU participants.
The agency terminated several missions earlier than planned: DPAA's four
recovery teams (RT) and two investigation teams (IT) and partners' two RTs
and two ITs, affecting missions in Kiribati, the Philippines, Poland, and
Vietnam. All personnel are home and in 14-day self-isolation. Other than a
privately-funded underwater investigation off the coast of Latvia, there are
no other field missions across the globe.
DPAA had to cancel six RTs and one IT affecting missions in Austria,
Belgium, Italy, Laos, and the United Kingdom.
The agency postponed nine RTs and five ITs and partners' five RTs and nine
ITs affecting missions in Austria, Cambodia, Germany, Guam, Italy, Kuwait,
Laos, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Poland, Solomon Islands,
South Korea, Sweden, and Vietnam.
The majority of the DPAA workforce in Washington, D.C., Joint Base Pearl
Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, are teleworking
when possible so as to limit the gathering of people in offices and to limit
how often they need to take public transportation. DPAA leaders are
continually monitoring the situation and following guidance from the
respective DoD leadership.
The DPAA Laboratory System has entered into a lab work/telework balanced
plan designed to maintain progress on identifications while also mitigating
risks of spreading the virus. The plan is appropriate for the current
health protection levels of the three bases with laboratory facilities and
will be evaluated weekly as to its overall effectiveness.
"The ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic requires we take the
necessary precautions to prevent and mitigate the impacts of the virus,
while ensuring we remain mission ready," said Rear Adm. Darius Banaji,
DPAA's Deputy Director for Operations. "We've postponed or canceled
missions for the next several months; are focused on bring our teams home
safely and concurrently, adjusting our daily operations to minimize possible
exposure to COVID-19 while keeping the health and safety of our personnel
and their families at the forefront."
DPAA officials encourage all family members to remain connected with their
casualty service officers and visit DPAA's website at
WWW.DPAA.MIL
for
updates as the COVID-19 situation develops.
Despite the challenges imposed in mitigating COVID-19, DPAA remains
committed to accomplish the solemn mission of accounting for our missing
service members and civilians from past conflicts, and provide answers to
their families.
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 March, 2020 09:06
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Virginia Soldier Accounted For From Korean War
Dear Editor,
March 23, 2020
WASHINGTON- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today
that U.S. Army Cpl. Ralph L. Cale, 19, of Covington, Virginia, killed during
the Korean War, was accounted for Aug. 7, 2019.
In December 1950, Cale 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 in the vicinity
of the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea. His remains could not be recovered
following the attack and he was not reported as a prisoner of war.
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 Cale'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.
Cale'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.
Cale will be buried Aug. 14, 2020, at Arlington National Cemetery in
Arlington, Virginia.
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.
Cale's personnel profile can be viewed at
https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000001UJwzEAG.
//////
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 March, 2020 10:52
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Texas Soldier Accounted For From Korean War
Dear Editor,
March 23, 2020
WASHINGTON- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today
that Army Maj. Harvey H. Storms, 34, of McAllen, Texas, killed during the
Korean War, was accounted for July 29, 2019.
In late 1950, Storms was a member of Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion,
31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, which was part of the 31st
Regimental Combat Team. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 1, 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 Storms' 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.
Storms' 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.
Storms will be buried June 12, 2020, at Arlington National Cemetery in
Arlington, Virginia.
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.
Storms' personnel profile can be viewed at
https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000007WhzlEAC.
//////
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: McKeague, Kelly K SES DPAA FO (US)
Sent: 20 March, 2020 13:11
CSubject: Comprehensive Mission Update
Greetings to each of you. We hope you and your families are healthy
and
safe despite these increasingly uncertain times. As you well know,
COVID-19
impacts have been extremely significant throughout our nation and the world,
and in many cases, devastating. The virus' effects to DPAA's mission
continue to expand, but to date, and fortunately, none of our personnel are
COVID-19 positive. With apologies in advance for this email's length,
the
below updates are provided for your awareness and interest.
- PRIORITIES: First and foremost, protecting the health and safety of
all
our personnel, to include our myriad partners, has been paramount.
Preserving our mission, while complying with Federal, State, and Local
directives, is our next priority.
- FAMILY MEMBER UPDATES: We cancelled both the Miami (March 21) and
Little
Rock (April 18) FMUs. This action is unprecedented; even immediately
following 9/11 we were able to hold a limited FMU. For now, planning
for
the Chicago FMU (May 16) continues.
- FIELD MISSIONS:
-- We terminated missions earlier than planned: DPAA's 4 recovery
teams (RT) and 2 investigation teams (IT); and Partners' 2 RTs and 2 ITs,
affecting missions in Kiribati, the Philippines, Poland, and Vietnam.
Once
the Vietnam teams return (expected tomorrow), all personnel will be home and
in 14-day self-isolation. Other than a privately-funded underwater
investigation off the coast of Latvia, there are no other field missions
across the globe.
-- We had to cancel DPAA's 6 RTs and 1 IT, affecting missions in
Austria, Belgium, Italy, Laos, and the United Kingdom.
-- We have had to postpone DPAA's 9 RTs and 5 ITs; and Partners' 5
RTs and 9 ITs, affecting missions in Austria, Cambodia, Germany, Guam,
Italy, Kuwait, Laos, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Poland,
Solomon Islands, South Korea, Sweden, and Vietnam.
DISINTERMENTS: We had to postpone (at least through June) 34
disinterments
in Europe and 45 from Manila. In addition, 12 transfer cases with
remains
that had been previously disinterred as well as recovered were unable to be
transported from the Army Mortuary in Germany to our NE lab.
LABORATORY OPERATIONS: The DPAA Laboratory System has entered
into a lab
work/telework balanced plan designed to maintain progress on identifications
while also mitigating risks of spreading the virus. The plan is
appropriate
for the current health protection levels of the three bases where our labs
are located and will be evaluated weekly as to its overall effectiveness.
Lab visits and tours are suspended.
KEY MEETINGS: The Annual Accounting Community Meeting, and DPAA's
Strategic
Off-site and FY2021-2022 Operations Symposium have all been postponed until
travel restrictions are removed. We will continue to develop the
underlying
plans via electronic collaboration. DPAA's Scientific Summit, hosting
11
partner nations, is postponed until August. Pending concurrence from
the
National Security Council, the US-Russia Joint Commission on POWs/MIAs 2020
Plenum (May 7) will be postponed until May 2021.
STAFF MANNING: For our DC office, 63% of the team is in telework.
Our HI
team is finalizing its teleworking split as the base reached a higher health
protection condition earlier this week. Our NE lab is following the
balanced plan noted above and our OH lab is at work given their ability to
maintain proper social distancing. Our Europe detachment is 100%
teleworking while our SE Asia detachments are being minimally manned.
MORTUARY AFFAIRS: Although not formally promulgated, we understand the
following changes are forthcoming -- family travel for funerals, in-flight
military escorts for remains, and funerals at Arlington National Cemetery
will be suspended; and in-person notification for the Primary
Next-of-Kin
and other casualty assistance are to be accomplished telephonically.
Wishing you continued good health and safety,
Kelly McKeague
Director, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Fulfilling Our Nation's Promise
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Remains of Army Air Force Pilot killed during
World War II identified
The Defense POW/MIA
Accounting Agency said Thursday that 1st Lt. Ernest L.
Roth, 20, of Los Angeles, California was recovered on
Feb. 4. Roth was ...
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From:
Everette, Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA) <sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 19 March, 2020 08:18
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: California Pilot Accounted For From World War II
Dear Editor,
March 19, 2020
WASHINGTON—The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that
U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Ernest L. Roth, 20, of Los Angeles, killed
during World War II, was accounted for on Feb. 4, 2020.
In May 1944, Roth was assigned as a pilot with the 359th Bombardment
Squadron, 303rd Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force in Europe. On May 19, he
was piloting a B-17G bomber while on a bombing run over Berlin when the
plane was hit by flak and crashed. Six of the 10 crewmembers, including
Roth, were killed in the incident. They were recovered by German forces and
reportedly buried in the Döberitz cemetery.
Following the end of the war, the American Graves Registration Command
(AGRC) was tasked with investigating and recovering missing Americans. The
AGRC did not find Roth in the grave in which he was reportedly buried, but
instead recovered two other American service members whose plane had gone
down on the same day. They did find a set of unknown remains designated
X-4801 Neuville in a grave nearby that was thought to either be Roth or one
other American. However, the AGRC was unable to determine which person it
definitively was, and so concluded X-4801 Neuville was unidentifiable.
In 2016, DPAA historians began focused research on eight sets of unknown
remains recovered from Döberitz. One historian reconstructed the cemetery
plot map with data from several sources, and concluded there were four
possible casualties that could be associated with X-4801 Neuville. In June
2018, the Department of Defense and the American Battle Monuments Commission
(ABMC) exhumed X-4801 and transferred the remains to the DPAA Laboratory at
Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.
To identify Roth’s remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological
analysis, along with circumstantial evidence. Additionally, scientists from
the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)
analysis.
Roth’s name is recorded on the Tablets of the Missing at Henri-Chapelle
American Cemetery, an ABMC site in Hombourg, Belgium, along with others who
are still missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to
indicate he has been accounted for.
Roth will be buried in his hometown. 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 ABMC 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.
Roth’s personnel profile can be viewed at
https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000001edMwSEAU.
//////
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 March, 2020 13:32
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Delaware Pilot Accounted For From World War II
Dear Editor,
March 18, 2020
WASHINGTON- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today
that U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. George M. Johnson, 23, of Seaford,
Delaware, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Dec. 12, 2019.
On Jan. 21, 1944, Johnson was a member of the 38th Bombardment Squadron,
30th Bombardment Group, stationed at Hawkins Field, Betio Island, Tarawa
Atoll, Gilbert Islands, when the B-24J bomber he was co-piloting crashed
into Tarawa lagoon shortly after takeoff. Johnson and the nine other
servicemen aboard the aircraft were killed.
Rescue crews recovered the remains of five individuals. However, Johnson was
reportedly not among those recovered. The three identified sets of remains
and two unidentified sets were interred in Cemetery 33 on Betio Island, one
of several cemeteries established after the U.S. seized the island from the
Japanese in November 1943.
The U.S. Army's 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company conducted
remains recovery operations on Betio between 1946 and 1947. They attempted
to consolidate all the remains from isolated burial sites into a single
cemetery called Lone Palm Cemetery. The remains of the B-24J crew were
believed to be among those moved. However, Johnson's remains were not
identified and he was later declared non-recoverable.
In 2017, History Flight, Inc., a non-profit organization partnered with
DPAA, recovered several coffin burials from Cemetery 33. These remains were
sent to the DPAA Laboratory at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, for
identification.
In April 2019, DPAA identified a set of remains as U.S. Army Air Forces
Staff Sgt. Jack R. Busch, Jr. He had reportedly been accounted for in 1946
and buried near Niagara, New York. Permission was granted by Busch's family
to exhume the remains in New York for testing. The New York remains were
determined to be associated with a set of remains from the History Flight
coffin burials. The two sets of remains were consolidated for further
testing.
To identify Johnson'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) analysis.
Johnson's name is recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the National
Cemetery of the Pacific along with others still missing from World War II. A
rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted
for.
Johnson will be buried May 8, 2020, in his hometown.
For family and funeral information, contact the Army Casualty Office at
(800) 892-2490.
DPAA is grateful to Busch's family for allowing the exhumation of the New
York remains, and the U.S. Army for their assistance in this mission.
Additionally, DPAA is appreciative to History Flight, Inc., 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.
To view Johnson's personnel profile, visit
https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000Xdk2EAC.
//////
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 March, 2020 11:55
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: USS Oklahoma Sailor From Missouri Accounted For From World War II
Dear Editor,
March 18, 2020
WASHINGTON- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today
that Navy Seaman 1st Class Orval A. Tranbarger, 20, of Mountain View,
Missouri, killed during World War II, was accounted for Sept. 18, 2019.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Tranbarger 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 Tranbarger.
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 Tranbarger.
Between June and November 2015, DPAA personnel exhumed the USS Oklahoma
Unknowns from the Punchbowl for analysis.
To identify Tranbarger'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.
Tranbarger's name is recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the Punchbowl,
along with the others who are still missing from WWII. A rosette will be
placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Tranbarger will be buried in his hometown. The date has yet to be decided.
For family and funeral information, contact the Navy 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.
Tranbarger's personnel profile can be viewed at
https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XgBWEA0.
//////
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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Sent: 17 March, 2020 08:12
To: powmiafam@aol.com
Subject: POW/MIA UPDATE: 3-17-20
AMERICANS ACCOUNTED FOR: The number missing (POW/MIA) and otherwise unaccounted-for (KIA/BNR) from the Vietnam War is still 1,587. Of that number 90% were lost in Vietnam or in areas of Cambodia or Laos under Vietnam’s wartime control: Vietnam-1,246 (VN-443, VS-803); Laos-286; Cambodia-48; PRC territorial waters-7. Since chartered in 1970, the League has sought the return of all POWs, the fullest possible accounting for the missing, and repatriation of all recoverable remains. The total accounted for since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975 is 996. A breakdown by country of these 996 Americans is: Vietnam – 672, Laos – 279, Cambodia – 42, and the PRC – 3. In addition, 63 US personnel were accounted for between 1973 and 1975, the formal end of the Vietnam War, for a grand total of 1,059. These 63 Americans, were accounted for by US-only efforts in accessible areas, not due to cooperation by post-war governments in Vietnam, Laos or Cambodia. A total of 287 have been accounted for from Laos, 727 from Vietnam, 42 from Cambodia and 3 from the PRC. NO IDs have been announced since July 26, 2019.
VIETNAM WAR ACCOUNTING OPERATIONS: DPAA Deputy Director for Operations Rear Admiral Darius Banaji, USN, recently visited Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. His first visit included time with DPAA teams conducting field operations in Laos and Vietnam and personnel assigned to Detachment 2 in Hanoi and Detachment 3 in Vientiane. In addition, he met with US Embassy staff, as well as counterpart government officials in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand.
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OPPORTUNITIES LOST DUE TO COVID 19 CORONA VIRUS: Along with further field operations in Laos and a DPAA-hosted Family Member Update (FMU), the US-ASEAN Special Summit, scheduled to be held in Las Vegas on March 14th, was cancelled. League Chairman/CEO Ann Mills-Griffiths was scheduled to meet with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on March 13th, and was awaiting confirmation from the Lao and Vietnamese Prime Ministers when the cancellation was announced.
LEAGUE’S 51st ANNUAL MEETING: Pending possible COVID 19 requirements to cancel, registration for the 51st Annual Meeting is now open. Visit www.pow-miafamilies.org/annual-meeting to register online or download the form to mail with your check to the League office. Registrations must be postmarked no later than June 1st. The form must be returned with payment, to obtain credentials required for entrance to all sessions and special events. Those choosing to attend only USG briefings must contact their Service Casualty Office by June 1st. Pick up credentials at the Virginia Ballroom Foyer, Plaza Level, on Wednesday, June 24th, 5:00-8:00 PM or Thursday, June 25th, 8:00-9:00 AM. On Wednesday, June 24th, attend Newcomer Orientation, 6:30-7:30 PM, followed by a Welcome Reception, 7:30-9:00 PM.
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS: Reserve rooms at the Hilton Crystal City Hotel by calling 1-800-HILTONS (1-800-445-8667). Note affiliation with the League’s 51st Annual Meeting, or go online to www.hilton.com, and enter Group Code MIA to get the special rate of $160.00 + tax, per room night, single or double. (+$20 per night for each added adult in a room.) To get the special rate, the cutoff date is June 1st. The number of rooms is limited, so register early to assure your choice. If you intend to visit Capitol Hill on Wednesday, June 24th, plan to arrive on Tuesday, June 23rd. Opening Session is Thursday, June 25th, as is the 51st Annual Meeting Dinner. Official briefings are all day on Friday, June 26th. Saturday morning, June 27th, is the critical Q&A Panel, followed by the very important League Business Session, open to all registered attendees. A League-hosted Farewell Reception will take place that evening. Customary departure is on Sunday, this year June 28th.
Chairman’s Comment: Despite many challenges, including continuing structural dysfunction within DPAA, there is reason for cautious optimism. With sustained support from the families and our nation’s veterans, the League is determined to press for priority and answers on Vietnam War accounting, as pledged by DPAA Director Kelly McKeague. The League also supports field investigation and recovery of unaccounted-for personnel from WWII, the Korean War and the Cold War as a priority over disinterment and ID of remains buried as “unknowns” in US cemeteries at home and abroad, so long as Vietnam War accounting efforts remain DPAA’s operational priority.
2020 MEMBERSHIP DUES: To those who have not yet renewed their League membership for 2020, the cost is only $25/year for a family member, associate member (concerned citizens/veterans) or organization. Mail a check for dues to the League office, or pay online at www.pow-miafamilies.org/membership. The more dues received, the better chance the League has to stay on top of USG efforts to account for our missing. Help the League save on postage by sending an email address to admin@pow-miafamilies.org to receive future updates electronically; we greatly appreciate your assistance in this cost-saving effort.
From: Everette, Sean P SFC USARMY DPAA OC (USA)
<sean.p.everette.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 16 March, 2020 13:54
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: USS Oklahoma Sailor From Illinois Accounted For From World War II
Dear Editor,
March 16, 2020
WASHINGTON- The
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today
that
Navy
Fireman 3rd Class Herbert B. Jacobson, 21, of Grayslake, Illinois,
killed during World War II, was
accounted for on Oct. 17, 2019.
On Dec. 7, 1941,
Jacobson
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 Jacobson.
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
Jacobson.
Between June and
November 2015, DPAA personnel exhumed the USS Oklahoma
Unknowns from the
Punchbowl for analysis.
To identify
Jacobson'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-chromosomal
(Y-STR) analysis.
Jacobson's name
is recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the Punchbowl,
along with the others who are still missing
from WWII. A rosette will be
placed next to his name to indicate he has been
accounted for.
Jacobson will be buried May 15, 2020, at Arlington
National Cemetery in
Arlington, Virginia.
For family and
funeral information, contact the Navy 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.
Jacobson's
personnel profile can be viewed at
https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XdzXEAS.
//////
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 March, 2020 08:48
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Illinois Marine Accounted For From World War II
Dear Editor,
March 16, 2020
WASHINGTON- The
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today
that U.S. Marine
Corps
Sgt. Jerome B. Morris, 22, of East St. Louis,
Illinois, killed during World War II, was accounted for
on Sept. 27, 2019.
In November 1943,
Morris was a member of Company B, 1st Battalion, 6th
Marine Regiment, 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.
Morris was killed
on the third day of the battle, Nov. 22, 1943. His remains
were reportedly
buried in East Division Cemetery, later renamed Cemetery 33,
on Betio Island.
In 1946, the
604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company centralized all
of the American
remains found on Tarawa at Lone Palm Cemetery for later
repatriation; however, almost half of the known
casualties were never found.
No recovered
remains could be associated with Morris, and in October 1949, a
Board of Review
declared him "non-recoverable."
In 2009, History Flight, Inc., a nonprofit
organization, located Cemetery
33. Excavations of the site over the past 10 years have
uncovered multiple
sets of remains. In mid-2019, a
set of remains later identified to be Morris
was recovered and turned over
to DPAA for possible identification.
To identify
Morris's remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and
anthropological analysis, as well as material evidence.
Morris's name is
recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the Punchbowl,
along with the others still missing from WWII.
A rosette will be placed next
to his name to indicate he has been
accounted for.
Morris will be buried in
Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. The date has yet to
be determined.
For family and
funeral information, contact the Marine Corps Casualty Office
at (800) 847-1597.
DPAA is grateful
to the United States Marine Corps for their assistance in
this mission.
Additionally,
DPAA is appreciative to History Flight, Inc.,
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.
Morris's
personnel profile can be views at
https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000LlWcEAK.
//////
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>
Sent: 12 March, 2020 09:22
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Oklahoma Soldier Accounted For From World War II
Dear Editor,
March 12, 2020
WASHINGTON—
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced
today that Army Pvt. Ballard McCurley, 34, of Pauls Valley,
Oklahoma, killed
during World War II, was accounted for on June 4, 2019.
In November 1944, McCurley was a member of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 12th
Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, during the Battle of the Hürtgen
Forest in Germany. On Nov. 29, 1944, his battalion went to a reserve
position in the woods west of the town of Hürtgen. He and other Soldiers in
his unit were ordered to clear a field of tree stumps so vehicles could drop
off rations and supplies. According to witnesses, while clearing out a tree
stump, McCurley inadvertently set off an enemy anti-personnel mine and was
killed instantly. His remains were not recovered or identified immediately
after his loss.
After the war, McCurley’s remains were still missing. The American Graves
Registration Command (AGRC) extensively searched the Hürtgen Forest for him.
Unable to make a correlation among the dozens of unknown remains found in
the area, the Army declared him non-recoverable.
While studying unresolved American losses in and unidentified remains
recovered from the Hürtgen Forest, DPAA personnel analyzed historical
documentation regarding X-7359 Neuville, a set of unidentified remains
recovered in March 1948 from District #196 of the Hürtgen Forest by the
AGRC. The remains had originally been found by a German civilian walking
along a forest trail who later led an AGRC team to the site. The AGRC team
found the remains lying on the ground, surrounded by U.S. Army infantry
equipment. The remains, designated X-7359, could not be identified, and were
interred at the United States Military Cemetery Neuville (present day
Ardennes American Cemetery).
Based upon the original recovery location of X-7359, a DPAA historian
determined that there was a likely association between the remains and
McCurley. In August 2018, the Department of Defense and American Battle
Monuments Commission disinterred X-7359 and accessioned the remains to the
DPAA laboratory for identification.
To identify McCurley’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.
McCurley will be buried April 25, 2020, in his hometown.
For family and funeral information, contact the Army Casualty Office at
(800) 892-2490.
McCurley’s name is recorded on the Tablets of the Missing at the
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, an American Battle Monuments Commission
(ABMC) site in Hombourg, Belgium, along with the others missing from WWII.
Although interred as an Unknown, McCurley’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.
DPAA is grateful to ABMC and to the U.S. Army Regional
Mortuary-Europe/Africa for their partnership in this mission.
