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Stories and Press Releases below chart

Research sites: 

www.kpows.com

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

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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.

 

03/222/19
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: Duus, Kristen L SFC USARMY DPAA EC (USA) <kristen.l.duus.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 10 September, 2019 09:50
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Marine Accounted For From Korean War

Dear Editor,

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Marine

Corps Reserve Pfc. Grady J. Crawford, 21, of Dallas, killed during the

Korean War, was accounted for May 17, 2019.

(This identification was initially published on July 11, 2019.)

In late November 1950, Crawford was a member of Battery M, 4th Battalion,

11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, serving in North Korea.  He was

last seen engaged in combat operations at Yudam-ni, West Chosin Reservoir,

North Korea, on Dec. 1, 1950.  No lists provided by the Chinese People's

Volunteer Forces or Korean People's Army showed Crawford as a prisoner of

war and no returning American prisoners reported to have any information on

his status.  Absent evidence of continued survival, the Department of the

Navy declared him deceased as of Oct. 30, 1953.

In September 1954, as part of Operation Glory, where the United Nations

Command, Chinese People's Volunteer Forces and Korean People's Army

exchanged war dead at Munsan-ni, South Korea, the United Nations received

remains reported to have been recovered from the west side  of the Chosin

Reservoir.  The remains were sent to the Central Identification Unit for

attempted identification.  One set, designated X-14896, was declared

unidentifiable.  They were then transferred to the National Memorial

Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP,) known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu and were

interred as Unknown.

In May 2012, following thorough historical and scientific analysis, X-14896

was disinterred from the Punchbowl and sent to the laboratory for analysis.

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

anthropological and skull photograph superimposition analysis, as well as

circumstantial and material evidence. 

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

in this mission.

Today, 7,624 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 North Korea by

American recovery teams or disinterred from Unknown graves.  Crawford'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 Marine Corps Casualty Office at

(800) 847-1597.

Crawford will be buried Sept. 28, 2019 in Hickory, North Carolina.

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.

Crawford's personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000000f0p2dEAA

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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: 9 September, 2019 10:54
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Kentucky Soldier Accounted For From World War II

Dear Editor,

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today Army Pfc. Jacob

W. Givens, 30, of Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, was accounted for on June 17,

2019.

(This identification was initially published June 20, 2019.)

In October 1944, Givens was a member of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 60th

Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division which was engaged against enemy

forces in the Raffelsbrand sector of the Hürtgen Forest, near Germeter,

Germany. He was reported missing in action as of Oct. 20, 1944, when his

company reorganized after a severe counterattack and he could not be

accounted for.

After the war, the American Graves Registration Command extensively searched

the Hürtgen Forest for him. No remains found in the area were identified as

Givens, and 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-5483 Neuville, a set of unidentified remains

recovered on May 15, 1947 from District #20C of the Hürtgen Forest by the

AGRC. The remains had originally been found by a German woodcutter 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-5483, 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-5483, a DPAA historian

determined that there was a likely association between the remains and

Givens. In June 2018, the Department of Defense and American Battle

Monuments Commission disinterred X-5483 and accessioned the remains to the

DPAA laboratory for identification.

To identify Givens’ 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) and Y-chromosome DNA (Y-STR) 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 72,669 service members still

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

assessed as possibly-recoverable. Givens’ name is recorded on the Tablets of

the Missing at the Netherlands American Cemetery, an American Battle

Monuments Commission site in Margraten, Netherlands, along with the others

missing from WWII. Although interred as an Unknown, Givens’ 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.

Givens will be buried Nov. 9, 2019, in Prestonburg, Kentucky

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.

Givens’ personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000LknDEAS

/////

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: 5 September, 2019 12:38
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Michigan Marine Accounted For From World War II

Dear Editor,

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Marine

Corps Reserve Pfc. Kenneth W. Likens, 20, of Mt. Clemens, Michigan, killed

during World War II, was accounted for on May 31, 2019.

(This identification was initially published July 1, 2019.)

In November 1943, Likens was a member of Company B, 1st Battalion, 6th

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. Likens died on the third day of the battle, Nov.

22, 1943.  He was reported to have been buried in the East Division

Cemetery, which was eventually renamed to Cemetery #33.

In 1946, the 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company (604th GRC)

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

Likens, and in October 1949, a Board of Review declared him

"non-recoverable."

In 2009, History Flight, Inc., a nonprofit organization, notified DPAA that

they discovered a burial site on Betio Island and recovered the remains of

what they believed to be missing American service members who had been

buried in Cemetery #33. In March 2019, following continued excavations, a

previously undiscovered burial trench was uncovered.  The remains were

accessioned into the DPAA laboratory.

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

anthropological and chest radiograph comparison analysis, as well as

circumstantial and material evidence.

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

died during the war.  Currently there are 72,671 service members still

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

assessed as possibly-recoverable. Likens' 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.

Likens will be buried Oct. 25, 2019, in Holly, 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 www.facebook.com/dodpaa

or call (703) 699-1420.

Likens' personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XlXoEAK

/////

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: 5 September, 2019 12:06
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Alabama Sailor Accounted For From World War II

Dear Editor,

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

Attendant 1st Class Johnnie C. Laurie, 25, of Bessemer, Alabama, killed

during World War II, was accounted for on July 2, 2019.

(This identification was initially published July 16, 2019.)

On Dec. 7, 1941, Laurie 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 Laurie. 

From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the

deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu'uanu

Cemeteries.

In September 1947, tasked with recovering and identifying fallen U.S.

personnel in the Pacific Theater, members of the American Graves

Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred the remains of U.S. casualties from

the two cemeteries and transferred them to the Central Identification

Laboratory at Schofield Barracks. The laboratory staff was only able to

confirm the identifications of 35 men from the USS Oklahoma at that time.

The AGRS subsequently buried the unidentified remains in 46 plots at the

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), known as the Punchbowl, in

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

be identified as non-recoverable, including Laurie.

Between June and November 2015, DPAA personnel exhumed the USS Oklahoma

Unknowns from the Punchbowl for analysis.

To identify Laurie'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) and autosomal DNA (auSTR) analysis.

DPAA is grateful to the Department of Veterans Affairs 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 72,671 still unaccounted for from

World War II, of which approximately 30,000 are assessed as

possibly-recoverable.  Laurie'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 family information, contact the Navy Service Casualty office at (800)

443-9298.

Laurie will be buried Oct. 19, 2019, in Montevallo, Alabama.

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.

Laurie's personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XeJiEAK

/////

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: 4 September, 2019 11:20
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Maryland Soldier Accounted For From Korean War

Dear Editor,

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

Donald E. Angle, 21, of Clear Spring, Maryland, killed during the Korean

War, was accounted for on July 2, 2019.

(This identification was initially published July 8, 2019.)

In the summer of 1950, Angle was a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th

Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, fighting against members of the

Korean People's Army. On July 25, 1950, he was reported missing in action in

the vicinity of Yongdong, South Korea. Absent evidence of continued

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

1953.

In February 1951, a Search and Recovery Team of the 565th Quartermaster

Graves Registration Company recovered a partial set of remains, designated

as Unknown X-485 Tanggok, from a hill less than a mile from Yongdong, South

Korea. In June 1955, the remains were declared unidentifiable and were

subsequently transferred to the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

(NMCP,) known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu and were interred as an Unknown.

On August 20, 2018, following thorough historical and scientific analysis,

X-485 Tanggok was disinterred from the Punchbowl and sent to the laboratory

for analysis.

To identify Angle'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, 7,628 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. Angle'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.

Angle will be buried Oct. 6, 2019, in Welsh Run, Pennsylvania.

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.

Angle's personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000cdGlEAI

/////

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: 4 September, 2019 10:39
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Ohio Soldier Accounted For From Korean War

Dear Editor,

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

Vernon R. Judd, 22, of Navarre, Ohio, killed during the Korean War, was

accounted for on June 24, 2019.

(This identification was initially published on June 27, 2019.)

In late 1950, Judd was a member of Company D, 89th Medium Tank Battalion,

25th Infantry Division.  He was reported missing in action on Nov. 28, 1950,

when he was captured by enemy forces in the vicinity of Ipsok, North Korea.

A returned American POW reported that Judd died at Hofong Prisoner of War

camp, also known as Pukchin-Tarigol, on Feb. 14, 1951.  His remains were

unable to be recovered.

On July 27, 2018, following the summit between President Trump and North

Korean Chairman Kim 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 Judd'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 (Y-STR) analysis.

Today, 7,628 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.  Judd'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.

Judd will be buried Sept. 24, 2019, in Seville, 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.

Judd's personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000000hAgsREAS

/////

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

DOG TAGS

By John Zimmerlee

No, these were not for your dog!  In most wars, we lost more men on the battlefield than came home alive, and we had no way to identify the bodies, so identification tags were finally invented soon after the deadly civil war. Eventually they were made of stainless steel and two were worn around the neck on a steel chain.  Unless the head was blown off, most remains still had the identification tags, nicknamed dog tags, around their neck and were instantly identifiable even if the flesh had deteriorated and years had passed.

Yet, by the time of the Korean War, forensic specialists still wanted some physical evidence like dental oddities confirmed by dental records.  That was logical for those from Chicago and New York but not so well for farm boys from Mississippi who had no idea what a dentist was. 

The following remains were shipped in 1954 to our lab from North Korea with dog tags of the names listed below yet the family members were never told, because our government did not have confirming dental history or the teeth were missing.

6369      Howard Morgan               6366      John Shay                          14863    Earl Wallace                     
6302      Leo Bernal                          5044      Paul Lucik                           2023      I Lindley Littleton
14848    Joseph Teeters                  16208    Oliver Fields                       6377      Carlos Bidopia
1034      Virgle Evans                       5644      William G White                                             

Wouldn’t it have made sense to contact the families at that time for other notable uniqueness like previous bone injuries?  

The William White case is notable because a body was supposedly identified as William during the war and sent home to his family.  So the question arises, “Did our government send home the correct remains?” or is this one similar to dozens of other remains in Hawaii conflicting with ones previously sent home to families?   Will our government reach out to the families of those who were sent the wrong bodies? . . . or will they continue to cover up the truth . . .  as they have done for 66 years?

I have details and/or helpful information on most all men still missing from the Korean War. Please contact me at john.zimmerlee@gmail

Funeral Notice!

-----Original Message-----
From: Duus, Kristen L SFC USARMY DPAA EC (USA) <kristen.l.duus.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 29 August, 2019 13:45
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 Tech.

5th Grade John E. Bainbridge, 23, of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, killed during

World War II, was accounted for on June 24, 2019.

(This identification was initially announced on June 26, 2019.)

On Dec. 2, 1942, Bainbridge was a member of Company C, 128th Infantry

Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, when his unit engaged in an assault

against enemy positions on the Urbana Front, outside of Buna Village, in the

Australian Territory of Papua (present-day Papua New Guinea.)  Bainbridge

was killed in action and postwar efforts failed to locate or identify his

remains.

On Feb. 2, 1943, the remains of an unidentified American Soldier were

interred at the U.S. Armed Forces Cemetery in Buna Village.  In July 1944,

the remains were reinterred at a nearby U.S. Armed Forces Cemetery, then

later to U.S. Armed Forces Cemetery Finschhafen #2 where the remains were

designated "Unknown X-135." 

In 1947, the American Graves Registration service exhumed approximately

11,000 graves, including X-135, and sent the remains to the Central

Identification Point at the Manila Mausoleum in the Philippines.  X-135

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

American Cemetery and Memorial.)

In Feb. 22, 2017, Unknown X-135 was disinterred, and the remains were sent

to the DPAA laboratory for analysis.

To identify Bainbridge'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.

Bainbridge will be buried Sept. 29, 2019, in Monona, Wisconsin.

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

died during the war.  Currently there are 72,674 service members still

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

assessed as possibly-recoverable.  Bainbridge'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.

/////

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

Funeral Notice!

-----Original Message-----
From: Duus, Kristen L SFC USARMY DPAA EC (USA) <kristen.l.duus.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 29 August, 2019 11:21
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Pennsylvania Soldier Accounted For From World War II

Dear Editor,

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today Army Pvt. James

I. Trick, 25, of Hughesville, Pennsylvania, was accounted for July 8, 2019.

(This identification was initially published July 11, 2019.)

In late 1944, Trick was a member of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 109th Infantry

Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, which was engaged against enemy forces in

the Hürtgen Forest, near Germeter, Germany.  He reportedly killed by enemy

shrapnel on Nov. 4, 1944, while bring supplies for his unit. 

After the war, the American Graves Registration Command extensively searched

the Hürtgen Forest for him.  No remains found in the area were identified as

Trick’s, and the Army declared him non-recoverable. 

On July 22, 1947, a set of remains, designated X-6207 Neuville, was

recovered from the Hürtgen Forest, where Trick’s company was engaged in

battle.  The remains were transferred to the Central Identification Point at

Neuville, Belgium.  Despite exhaustive efforts, the remains could not be

identified and were subsequently interred at the United States Military

Cemetery Neuville-en-Condroz (present-day Ardennes American Cemetery) in

September 1949.

Based upon the original recovery location of X-6207, a DPAA historian

determined that there was a likely association between the remains and

Trick.  In June 2018, the Department of Defense and American Battle

Monuments Commission disinterred X-6207 and accessioned the remains to the

DPAA laboratory for identification.

To identify Trick’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 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 72,674 service members still

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

assessed as possibly-recoverable.  Trick’s name is recorded on the Tablets

of the Missing at the Netherlands American Cemetery, an American Battle

Monuments Commission site in Margraten, Netherlands, along with the others

missing from WWII. Although interred as an Unknown, Trick’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.

Trick will be buried Sept. 28, 2019, in his hometown of Hughesville, Pennsylvania.

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.

Trick’s personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000001ETh4vEAD

/////

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

-----Original Message-----
From: Duus, Kristen L SFC USARMY DPAA EC (USA) <kristen.l.duus.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 26 August, 2019 13:45
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Kentucky Sailor Accounted For From World War II

Dear Editor,

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

Machinist's Mate 1st Class Ulis C. Steely, 25, of Corbin, Kentucky, killed

during World War II, was accounted for on Oct. 15, 2018.

(This identification was initially published on Nov. 16, 2018.)

On Dec. 7, 1941, Steely 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 Steely. 

From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the

deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu'uanu

Cemeteries.

In September 1947, tasked with recovering and identifying fallen U.S.

personnel in the Pacific Theater, members of the American Graves

Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred the remains of U.S. casualties from

the two cemeteries and transferred them to the Central Identification

Laboratory at Schofield Barracks. The laboratory staff was only able to

confirm the identifications of 35 men from the USS Oklahoma at that time.

The AGRS subsequently buried the unidentified remains in 46 plots at the

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), known as the Punchbowl, in

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

be identified as non-recoverable, including Steely.

Between June and November 2015, DPAA personnel exhumed the USS Oklahoma

Unknowns from the Punchbowl for analysis.

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

anthropological analysis.  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 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 72,674 still unaccounted for from

World War II, of which approximately 30,000 are assessed as

possibly-recoverable.  Steely'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 family information, contact the Navy Service Casualty office at (800)

443-9298.

Steely will be buried Oct. 5, 2019, in his hometown of Corbin, Kentucky.

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.

Steely's personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XeJkEAK

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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

Funeral Notice!

-----Original Message-----
From: Duus, Kristen L SFC USARMY DPAA EC (USA) <kristen.l.duus.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 26 August, 2019 11:09
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Mississippi Soldier Accounted For From Korean War

Dear Editor,

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

Master Sgt. James G. Cates, 29, of Philadelphia, Mississippi, killed during

the Korean War, was accounted for on May 31, 2019.

(This identification was initially published June 4, 2019.

In late November 1950, Cates was a member of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 31st

Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. Approximately 2,500 U.S. and 700

South Korean soldiers assembled into the 31st Regimental Combat Team (RCT),

which was deployed east of the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea, when it was

attacked by overwhelming numbers of Chinese forces. The American forces

withdrew south with the Chinese attacks continuing. By December 6, the U.S.

Army evacuated approximately 1,500 wounded service members; the remaining

Soldiers had been either captured, killed or went missing in enemy

territory. Because Cates could not be accounted for by his unit at the end

of the battle, he was reported missing in action as of Dec. 3, 1950.

In September 1954, as part of Operation Glory, where the United Nations

Command, Chinese People's Volunteer Forces and Korean People's Army

exchanged war dead at Munsan-ni, South Korea, the United Nations received 25

sets of remains reported to have been recovered from isolated burial sites

east of the Chosin Reservoir.  The remains were sent to the Central

Identification Unit for attempted identification.  One set, designated

X-15903 was declared unidentifiable.  They were then transferred to the

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP,) known as the Punchbowl, in

Honolulu and were interred as Unknown.

In February 2013, following thorough historical and scientific analysis,

X-15903 was disinterred from the Punchbowl and sent to the laboratory for

analysis.

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

anthropological and chest radiograph comparison 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 for their partnership

in this mission.

Today, 7,631 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.  Cates' 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 Casualty Office at (800)

892-2490.

Cates will be buried Sept. 21, 2019, in a location 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.

Cates' personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000000DtbUDEAZ

/////

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

https://www.facebook.com/groups/RideHome/

From: Duus, Kristen L SFC USARMY DPAA EC (USA) <kristen.l.duus.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 23 August, 2019 12:46
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: New Jersey Airman Accounted For From World War II

Dear Editor,

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

Forces Staff Sgt. Paul Cybowski, 25, of South Plainfield, New Jersey, killed

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

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

In September 1943, Cybowski was a member of the 373rd Bombardment Squadron,

308th Bombardment Group, based in Yangkai, China. On Sept. 15, 1943,

Cybowski was a gunner aboard a B-24D aircraft, on a bombing mission over

Haiphong, French Indochina (present-day Vietnam.) Approximately 50 Japanese

fighters attacked the formation as it turned to make a run over the target,

shooting down three of the five American aircraft. Five crewmembers were

able to bail prior to the crash, but Cybowski, and four other crewmembers,

were killed during the attack.

On Oct. 12, 1945, the American Graves Registration Service recovered five

sets of remains from a European cemetery in Hai Duong, French Indochina. The

five sets included two known U.S. casualties and three Unknowns, designated

X-16, X-17 and X-18. The Unknowns were redesignated X-42, X-43 and X-44

Kunming, and were subsequently buried in the U.S. Military Cemetery in

Kunming, China.

By April 1947, all U.S. Unknowns buried in China were disinterred and sent

to the U.S. Army Central Identification Laboratory in Honolulu. In 1949,

remains that could not be identified were interred at the National Memorial

Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP,) known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu,

including Unknown X-43.

Based upon the original recovery location of X-43, a DPAA historian

determined that there was good potential to identify this Unknown. On April

15, 2019, Unknown X-43 was disinterred and the remains were sent to the

laboratory for analysis.

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

anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence.

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

in this mission.

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

892-2490.

Cybowski will be buried Sept. 25, 2019, in his hometown. South Plainfield, New Jersey.

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

died during the war. Currently there are 72,674 service members

(approximately 30,000 are assessed as possibly-recoverable) still

unaccounted for from World War II. Cybowski'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.

Cybowski's personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt00000153relEAA

/////

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: 15 August, 2019 11:43
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Texas Soldier Accounted For From World War II

Dear Editor,

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

Penn Franks, Jr., 20, of San Antonio, killed during World War II, was

accounted for on June 24, 2019.

(This identification was initially published July 8, 2019.)

In February 1945, Franks was a member of Company G, 371st Infantry Regiment

92nd Infantry Division.  His unit was engaged in battle on the Gothic line

in the northern Apennine Mountains near Strettoia, Italy, when he was killed

in action on Feb. 10, 1945.  Following the battle, his unit was unable to

recover his remains. 

In July and August 1945, during search and recovery operations, American

personnel recovered a set of remains, later designated Unknown X-187

Castelfiorentino, from an area east of the town of Strettoia.  The remains

were examined at the Central Identification Point at Leghorn Port Morgue in

November 1948, and declared non-identifiable due to lack of sufficient

identifying data.  On March 11, 1949, the American Graves Registration

Service transferred Unknown X-187 to the United States Military Cemetery

Florence, present-day Florence American Cemetery, for burial. 

Based upon the original recovery location of X-187, a DPAA historian

determined that there was a good possibility the remains could be

identified.  In June 2016, the Department of Defense and American Battle

Monuments Commission disinterred X-187 and accessioned the remains to the

DPAA laboratory for identification.

To identify Franks' 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) and autosomal DNA (auSTR) 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 72,682 service members still

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

assessed as possibly-recoverable.  Franks' 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. Although interred as an Unknown, Franks' 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.

Franks will be buried Aug. 16, 2019, in Fort Sam Houston, 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) 699-1420/1169.

Franks' personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000001LMwg2EAD

/////

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: 12 August, 2019 13:18
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Wisconsin Soldier Accounted For From Korean War

Dear Editor,

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

Edward M. Morrison, 19, of Ashland, Wisconsin, killed during the Korean War,

was accounted for on May 31, 2019.

(This identification was initially published on June 6, 2019.)

In July 1950, Morrison was a member of 1st Platoon, Company B, 1st

Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. His unit was

holding a defensive position north of P'yongt'aek, South Korea, when he was

killed by small arms fire on July 6, 1950. Morrison was the first casualty

of his company during its second engagement in the war. His remains could

not be recovered following the battle.

On April 4, 1951, a set of remains, designated Unknown X-900 Tanggok was

recovered near Kwang Jong-ni, South Korea, by a team from the 565th Graves

Registration Service, and interred at the United Nations Military Cemetery

Tanggok, South Korea.  Later in 1951, the remains were disinterred and

processed for identification at the Central Identification Unit at Kokura,

Japan.  When identification attempts failed, they were transferred to the

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP,) known as the Punchbowl, in

Honolulu and were interred as Unknown.

In April 2018, DPAA disinterred Unknown X-900 Tanggok from the Punchbowl and

sent the remains to the laboratory for analysis.

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

anthropological and chest radiograph comparison 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 for their partnership

in this mission.

Today, 7,644 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.  Morrison'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 Casualty Office at (800)

892-2490.

Morrison will be buried Aug. 17, 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.

Morrison's personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000000ljW8CEAU

/////

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: 12 August, 2019 14:24
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: New York Airman Accounted For From World War II

Dear Editor,

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

Forces Sgt.  Howard F. Gotts, 23, of Flint, New York, killed during World

War II, was accounted for on June 24, 2019.

(This identification was initially published on June 26, 2019.)

In August 1943, Gotts was a radio operator assigned to the 66th Bombardment

Squadron, 44th Bombardment Group (Heavy,) known as the Flying 8-Balls.  On

Aug. 1, 1943, the B-24D aircraft on which Gotts served, crashed during

Operation Tidal Wave, the largest bombing mission, against the oil fields

and refineries at Ploiesti, north of Bucharest, Romania.  The Romanian

government announced they had recovered and buried 216 Americans killed in

the bombing raid, but could only identify 27 of the men at the time of the

recovery.  The remaining casualties were said to have been buried as

Unknowns in the Hero Section of the Civilian and Military Cemetery of

Bolovan, Ploiesti, Prahova, Romania. 

After the war, American Graves Registration Command teams disinterred all of

the American deceased in Bolovan Cemetery and transferred them to the

American Military Cemetery at Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium.  Two of Gotts'

crewmates were identified, but five other crewmembers, including Gotts,

could not be identified, and his name was not found on any prisoner of war

list.  His remains were declared non-recoverable.

DPAA personnel analyzed historical documentation regarding X-5059 Neuville,

which had originally been designated Bolovan X-51.  Based upon the original

recovery location of X-5059, a DPAA historian determined that there was a

likely association between the remains and Gotts.  On Sept. 6, 2017, the

Department of Defense and American Battle Monuments Commission disinterred

X-5059 and accessioned the remains to the DPAA laboratory for

identification.

To identify Gotts' 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 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 72,682 service members still

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

assessed as possibly-recoverable.  Gotts' 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. Although interred as an Unknown, Gotts' 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.

Gotts will be buried Sept. 2, 2019, in Gorham, 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.

Gotts' personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000001LSFyWEAX

/////

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

Twins killed together to be buried together

NavyTimes.com

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency unearthed the remains in 2015 and shipped them to a laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base south of Omaha ...

Ukraine, US sign memorandum on search for POW, MIA

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"A signing ceremony of the memorandum of understanding between the Defense Ministry of Ukraine and the U.S. Defense POW/MIA (prisoner of ...

 

From the desk of Tony C., USMC Combat Veteran, Vietnam, Florida’s Top Veteran’s Advocate and POW/MIA Advocate.

moe note; Tony gives us a copy of Roger Hall’s Update Notice from the Federal Courts on the case he (Roger) and his team of Advocates have been fighting for over 15 years in an attempt to get the CIA to release any and all documents they posses reference to POW’s and MIA’s.   Far from over, but a Smart  Salute to Judge Royce Lamberth and Specifically to ROGER and his team and their tenacity, commitment to uncovering the TRUTH  on our POW/MIA’s.

From: Roger Hall

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From: Prichard, Charles L CIV DPAA OC (US) <charles.l.prichard.civ@mail.mil>
Sent: 26 July, 2019 15:39
To: Prichard, Charles L CIV DPAA OC (US) <charles.l.prichard.civ@mail.mil>
Subject: DoD to Conduct Annual Korean/Cold War Briefings in Arlington, Virginia

Dear Editor,

The Department of Defense (DoD), Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA),

the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System (AFMES) and Service Casualty

Offices (SCO) will conduct their Korean/Cold War Annual Government Briefings

in Arlington, Virginia, August 1, 2019, beginning at 9am.

The DoD is committed to keeping families of the missing and the public

informed about the efforts being made to account for our unaccounted for

U.S. personnel. Throughout the year, DPAA specialists meet with hundreds of

family members of missing personnel in Washington, D.C. and major

metropolitan areas across the country.  These meetings are designed to

address the individual needs of the family members.

Media representatives are welcome to video, photograph and record all

presentations and discussions in the open forum.

Requests for interviews with specific family members or DoD personnel must

go through a DPAA Public Affairs Office representative, who will facilitate

the request.

For additional information on the DPAA's mission to account for unaccounted

for Americans from past conflicts, visit the DPAA web site at www.dpaa.mil,

find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/dodpaa/ or call (703) 699-1420/1169.

DPAA will broadcast the session live via Facebook Live, at

www.facebook.com/dodpaa

For more information, contact:

Chuck Prichard, APR

Division Chief

Public Affairs

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

2300 Defense Pentagon

Washington, DC 20301-2300

Office: (703) 699-1169

Mobile: (703) 946-6213

charles.l.prichard.civ@mail.mil

www.dpaa.mil

"Fulfilling Our Nation's Promise"

Missouri Vietnam Wall Run Expected to Draw Thousands

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	July 23, 2019
	Families of missing WWII servicemen want the Pentagon to exhume and ID their remains San Antonio Express-News One of the fallen soldiers, 1st Lt. Alexander Nininger, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Another, Brigadier Gen. Guy O. Fort, was a ...

	Asks for reflection of sacrifices Korean War veterans made The Greater New Milford Spectrum Thanks to POW son John Zimmerlee, Korean War POW/MIA family members had requested the disinterment of specific graves which could possibly ...
	Marine killed in WWII returning to Butler County after remains identified Hamilton Journal News The Japanese “were virtually annihilated,” according to a news release about Brandenburg from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA).
	Tributes planned for Korean War soldier Lawler Traverse City Record Eagle ... of Korea," according to his obituary. Lawler's remains were identified in May, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency's website.

Route of procession for Traverse City Korean War veteran announced

UpNorthLive.com

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) aid Lawler was reported missing in action on November 2, 1950, when his unit was attacked by ...

Ralph Jackson never came home to Richland Center from the Korean War. On Saturday, his ...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency lists 165 men from Wisconsin unaccounted for in the Korean War. According to the agency, more than ...

COMING HOME: Remains of 22 US Soldiers Killed in Brutal WWII Battle Return to USA

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“Forensic archaeologists from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) are now working to identify the remains and notify the next of kin, the ...

From: Duus, Kristen L SFC USARMY DPAA EC (USA) <kristen.l.duus.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 18 July, 2019 21:48
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Texas Pilot Accounted For From Vietnam War

Dear Editor,

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Air Force

Col. Roy A. Knight, Jr., 36, of Millsap, Texas, killed during the Vietnam

War, was accounted for June 4, 2019.

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

In May 1967, Knight was a pilot with the 602nd Tactical Fighter Squadron,

assigned to Udorn Royal Thai Air Base, Thailand.  On May 19, 1967, Knight

was

leading a flight of two A-1E aircraft on a strike mission in northern Laos,

when his aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire.  No parachute was observed

prior to the aircraft crashing and bursting into flames.  Additionally, no

beeper signals were heard.  While search and rescue efforts were initiated,

an

organized search could not be conducted due to intensity of hostile ground

fire in the area.  The Air Force declared Knight deceased in September 1974.

In 1991 and 1992, Joint U.S./Lao People's Democratic Republic (L.P.D.R.)

teams

investigated a crash site allegedly associated with Knight's loss,

recommending it for excavation.  In March 1994, the site was excavated and

life support items were recovered.  The crash site was investigated four

additional times in subsequent years.

In January and February 2019, a joint team recovered possible human remains

and additional life support items.  The remains were accessioned to the DPAA

laboratory for analysis.

To identify Knight's remains, scientists from DPAA used dental analysis, as

well as material and circumstantial evidence.

DPAA is grateful to the government and people of Laos for their partnership

in

this mission.

Today there are 1,588 Department of Defense personnel who are still

unaccounted for from the Vietnam War.  Knight's name is recorded on the

Courts

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

along with others unaccounted-for from the Vietnam War.  A rosette will be

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

For family information, contact the Air Force Casualty Assistance Office at

(800) 831-5501.

Knight will be buried Aug. 10, 2019 in Weatherford, 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) 699-1420/1169.

Knight's personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000BTNbEAO

/////

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: 18 July, 2019 10:27
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Maryland Soldier Accounted For From World War II

Dear Editor,

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

Raymond H. Middlekauff, 31, of Baltimore, killed during World War II, was

accounted for on April 8, 2019.

(This identification was initially published on April 16, 2019.)

In late 1944, Middlekauff was a member of Company F, 2nd Battalion, 22nd

Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, which was engaged in battle

against German forces near the town of Grosshau, in the Hürtgen Forest in

Germany.  He was reported missing in action as of Dec. 4, 1944, when his

company reorganized after a severe counterattack and he could not be

accounted for.

Following the close of hostilities in Europe in 1945, Middlekauff was among

the hundreds of soldiers still missing from combat in the Hürtgen Forest.

On Dec. 5, 1945, after no information on his whereabouts, the War Department

declared him deceased and non-recoverable. 

Between 1947 and 1950, American Graves Registration Command (AGRC)

investigative teams traveled to Grosshau to search for Middlekauff’s

remains.  Various graves registration units recovered dozens of unidentified

remains from the Hürtgen Forest.  Those that could not be identified were

designated as Unknowns and buried in American cemeteries in Europe.

Following thorough analysis of military records and AGRC documentation by

DPAA historians and scientists, one set of remains, Unknown X-2773 Neuville,

which was buried at present day Ardennes American Cemetery in Belgium, was

determined to have a likely association with Middlekauff.  Unknown X-2773

Neuville was disinterred in April 2018 and sent to DPAA for analysis.

To identify Middlekauff’s remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and

anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence.  Additionally,

the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and

Y-chromosome STR DNA (Y-STR) 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 72,692 service members still

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

assessed as possibly-recoverable.  Middlekauff’s name is recorded on the

Tablets of the Missing at the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten,

Netherlands, an American Battle Monuments Commission site along with others

who are missing from WWII.  Although interred as an "unknown" his 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.

If you wish to contact Middlekauff’s family, call the Army Casualty Office

at (800) 892-2490.

For future funeral details, visit

https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Arti

cle/1815430/soldier-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-middlekauff-r/

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.

Middlekauff’s personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000Lm79EAC

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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

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From: Duus, Kristen L SFC USARMY DPAA EC (USA) <kristen.l.duus.mil@mail.mil>
Sent: 16 July, 2019 11:44
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Iowa Sailor Accounted For From World War II

Dear Editor,

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

Signalman 3rd Class William J. Shanahan, Jr., 23, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa,

killed during World War II, was accounted for May 31, 2019.

(This identification was initially published on June 6, 2019.)

On Dec. 7, 1941, Shanahan 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 Shanahan. 

From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the

deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu'uanu

Cemeteries.

In September 1947, tasked with recovering and identifying fallen U.S.

personnel in the Pacific Theater, members of the American Graves

Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred the remains of U.S. casualties from

the two cemeteries and transferred them to the Central Identification

Laboratory at Schofield Barracks. The laboratory staff was only able to

confirm the identifications of 35 men from the USS Oklahoma at that time.

The AGRS subsequently buried the unidentified remains in 46 plots at the

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), known as the Punchbowl, in

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

be identified as non-recoverable, including Shanahan.

Between June and November 2015, DPAA personnel exhumed the USS Oklahoma

Unknown remains from the Punchbowl for analysis.

To identify Shanahan'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.

DPAA is grateful to the Department of Veterans Affairs 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 72,692 still unaccounted for from

World War II, of which approximately 30,000 are assessed as

possibly-recoverable.  Shanahan'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 family information, contact the Navy Service Casualty office at (800)

443-9298.

Shanahan will be buried Sept. 3, 2019, in his hometown of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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.

Shanahan's personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XeJLEA0

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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: 16 July, 2019 11:42
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Texas Sailor Accounted For From World War II

Dear Editor,

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

Fireman 3rd Class Jasper L. Pue, Jr., 21, of San Antonio, killed during

World War II, was accounted for April 16, 2019.

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

On Dec. 7, 1941, Pue 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 Pue. 

From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the

deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu'uanu

Cemeteries.

In September 1947, tasked with recovering and identifying fallen U.S.

personnel in the Pacific Theater, members of the American Graves

Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred the remains of U.S. casualties from

the two cemeteries and transferred them to the Central Identification

Laboratory at Schofield Barracks. The laboratory staff was only able to

confirm the identifications of 35 men from the USS Oklahoma at that time.

The AGRS subsequently buried the unidentified remains in 46 plots at the

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), known as the Punchbowl, in

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

be identified as non-recoverable, including Pue.

Between June and November 2015, DPAA personnel exhumed the USS Oklahoma

Unknown remains from the Punchbowl for analysis.

To identify Pue'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 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 72,692 still unaccounted for from

World War II, of which approximately 30,000 are assessed as

possibly-recoverable.  Pue'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 family information, contact the Navy Service Casualty office at (800)

443-9298.

Pue will be buried Aug. 25, 2019, in Houston.

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.

Pue's personnel profile can be viewed at

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XgYNEA0

/////

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: 16 July, 2019 11:01
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Kentucky Sailor Accounted For From World War II

Dear Editor,

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

Fireman 1st Class Billy J. Johnson, 22, of Caney, Kentucky, killed during

World War II, was accounted for on Feb. 26, 2019.

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

On Dec. 7, 1941, Johnson 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 Johnson. 

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