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(NECN: Greg Wayland) - ...The enemy was triumphant. And Sgt. Billy Lynch disappeared.... A May, 1943 telegram from the Marine commandant declared Billy Lynch missing and possibly a prisoner of war. .....If you would like to learn more about the search effort, or to make a donation visit www.mooresmarauders.org. |
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World War II airman returns home after 65 years
April
28,
2009
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9:39PM
LIMA - The black and white photos of Earl E. Yoh are all Nikki Abbott has ever known of her great-uncle. But family stories painted in the picture of a man who left to serve his country 20 years before the 45-year-old Spencerville resident was born. Sixty-five years later, the story will finally come to a close. Earl Yoh is coming home...... |
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Posted By: Kevin Held Date last updated: 4/22/2009 7:54:30 PM Nearly six decades after he went missing, a Korean War Veteran has been laid to rest with full military honors at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. By Ryan Dean KSDK -- Nearly six decades after he went missing, a Korean War Veteran has been laid to rest with full military honors at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. Private First Class David Woodruff of Poplar Bluff was captured and made a prisoner during the Korean War. He was missing for 58 years until last month, when Woodruff's family was told DNA matched human remains returned by North Korea in the early 90's. Locals were finally given a chance to say goodbye to a true American hero...... |
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Soldiers
Missing
In
Action
From
The
Korean
War
Are
Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of four U.S. servicemen, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors. They are Cpl. Samuel C. Harris Jr., of Rogersville, Tenn; Cpl. Lloyd D. Stidham, of Beattyville, Ky.; Cpl. Robert G. Schoening, of Blaine, Wash; and one serviceman whose name is being withheld pending a briefing to his family. All men were U.S. Army. Harris will be buried April 10 in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C., Stidham will be buried April 13 in Nicholasville, Ky., and Schoening will be buried June 19 in Arlington. Representatives from the Army's Mortuary Office met with these servicemembers' next-of-kin to explain the recovery and identification process and to coordinate interment with military honors on behalf of the secretary of the Army. These soldiers were assigned to Company C, 65th Combat Engineer Battalion, 25th Infantry Division. On Nov. 25, 1950, Company C came under intense enemy attack when it was occupying a position near Hill 222 situated south of the Kuryong River east of the "Camel's Head" bend, North Korea. The men were reported missing in action on Nov. 27. In 2000, a joint U.S./Democratic People's Republic of Korea team, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), excavated a site overlooking the Kuryong River in P'yongan-Pukto Province where U.S. soldiers were believed to be buried. The team recovered human remains and non-biological evidence. One soldier who was also recovered there with this group, 1st Lt. Dixie Parker, was previously identified and buried in December 2007 in Arlington. Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA and dental comparisons in the identification of these soldiers' remains. Remains that could not be individually identified will be buried as a group in Arlington on a date to be determined. |
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IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
No.
249-09
April 16, 2009 Soldier Missing In Action From Korean War Is Identified The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. He is Pfc. David Woodruff, U.S. Army, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. He will be buried on April 22 in St. Louis, Mo. Representatives from the Army's Mortuary Office met with Woodruff's next-of-kin to explain the recovery and identification process on behalf of the Secretary of the Army. Woodruff was assigned to Company K, 3rd Battalion, 9th Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. In early 1951, the 2nd ID was augmented by Republic of Korea (R.O.K.) forces and was occupying positions near Hoengsong, South Korea. On Feb. 11, the Chinese Army launched a massive attack on the U.S. line, overwhelming R.O.K. forces and exposing the American flank. The 2nd ID was forced to withdraw to the south and Woodruff was captured by enemy forces. He died in, or near, one of the North Korean prison camps in Suan County, North Hwanghae Province. Between 1991-94, North Korea turned over to the United States 208 boxes of remains believed to contain the remains of 200-400 U.S. servicemen. One box turned over in 1991 contained Woodruff's military identification tag, and a box turned over in 1992 contained remains recovered from Suan County. Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA and dental comparisons in the identification of the remains turned over in 1992. For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO Web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1169. |
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Missing
WWII
airman
identified
as
Lamesa
native April 14, 2009 03:31 PM CDT LUBBOCK, TEXAS (KCBD) - The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced Tuesday that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. He is Staff Sgt. Jimmie Doyle, U.S. Army Air Forces, of Lamesa, Texas. He will be buried April 25 in Lamesa...... For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, (click here) or call (703) 699-1420. |
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Korean
War
casualty
from
Ky.
is
finally
buried
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A young solder who went missing in action nearly 60 years ago in the Korean War has been laid to rest in his native Kentucky after the military identified his remains. Attended by relatives he never knew, Army Cpl. Lloyd Dale Stidham was buried Monday with military honors at Camp Nelson National Cemetery. His funeral service was held earlier that day in Lexington....... Information from: Lexington Herald-Leader, http://www.kentucky.com |
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‘Pop’ comes home
April
4,
2009
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12:28AM
Obie Wickersham of Yuba City often talks about a fellow soldier he helped bury in an unmarked grave somewhere in North Korea in 1951. As prisoners of war captured by the Chinese army, the two infantrymen had been victims of disease, malnutrition and beatings. Army Sgt. 1st Class Patrick "Pop" James Arthur often is mentioned in Wickersham's speeches to cadets at Beale Air Force Base and at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., "because it's about how he didn't' make it."...... Contact Appeal-Democrat reporter Leticia Gutierrez at 749-4722 or at lgutierrez@appealdemocrat.com |
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Sunday,
April
5,
2009 Soldier's body identified after half a centuryKorea vet destined for burial in ArlingtonRobert Schoening was a skinny 17-year-old from a dairy farm in Blaine when he lied about his age and joined the army. He went to Korea, where his company came under intense enemy attack, and Schoening was listed missing in action on Nov. 27, 1950. Nearly 60 years later, the U.S. Department of Defense announced last week that it had identified Schoening's remains. He will be buried in June at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C., with full military honors......
Vanessa
Ho
can
be
reached
at
206-448-8003
or
vanessaho@seattlepi.com.
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Remains of Kentucky soldier in Korean War identifiedMan to be buried April 13 in Camp Nelson National CemeteryWASHINGTON -- Lloyd Stidham lied about his age to get into the Army. His family believes the young man from Beattyville, Ky., signed up in 1949 when he was 17, though he told the Army he was 19. The next year the Korean War broke out, and Stidham became a corporal in Company C, 65th Combat Engineer Battalion, 25th Infantry Division...... |
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IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
No.
216-09 April 03, 2009 Soldiers Missing In Action From The Korean War Are Identified The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of four U.S. servicemen, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors. They are Cpl. Samuel C. Harris Jr., of Rogersville, Tenn; Cpl. Lloyd D. Stidham, of Beattyville, Ky.; Cpl. Robert G. Schoening, of Blaine, Wash; and one serviceman whose name is being withheld pending a briefing to his family. All men were U.S. Army. Harris will be buried April 10 in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C., Stidham will be buried April 13 in Nicholasville, Ky., and Schoening will be buried June 19 in Arlington. Representatives from the Army's Mortuary Office met with these servicemembers' next-of-kin to explain the recovery and identification process and to coordinate interment with military honors on behalf of the secretary of the Army. These soldiers were assigned to Company C, 65th Combat Engineer Battalion, 25th Infantry Division. On Nov. 25, 1950, Company C came under intense enemy attack when it was occupying a position near Hill 222 situated south of the Kuryong River east of the "Camel's Head" bend, North Korea. The men were reported missing in action on Nov. 27. In 2000, a joint U.S./Democratic People's Republic of Korea team, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), excavated a site overlooking the Kuryong River in P'yongan-Pukto Province where U.S. soldiers were believed to be buried. The team recovered human remains and non-biological evidence. One soldier who was also recovered there with this group, 1st Lt. Dixie Parker, was previously identified and buried in December 2007 in Arlington. Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA and dental comparisons in the identification of these soldiers' remains. Remains that could not be individually identified will be buried as a group in Arlington on a date to be determined. |
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Feb. 17, 2009 SOLDIER MISSING IN ACTION FROM THE KOREAN WAR IS IDENTIFIED
The
Department
of
Defense
POW/Missing
Personnel
Office
(DPMO)
announced
today
that
the
remains
of
a
He
is
Sgt.
Stanley
E.
Baylor,
U.S.
Army,
of
Representatives from the Army’s Mortuary Office met with Baylor’s next-of-kin to explain the recovery and identification process, and to coordinate interment with military honors on behalf of the Secretary of the Army. Baylor was assigned to Company L, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On Nov. 1, 1950, the 8th Cavalry was occupying a defensive position near Unsan, North Korea in an area known as the “Camel’s Head,” when elements of two Chinese Communist Forces divisions struck the 1st Cavalry Division’s lines, collapsing the perimeter and forcing a withdrawal. The 3rd Battalion was surrounded and effectively ceased to exist as a fighting unit. Baylor was reported missing on Nov. 2, 1950 and was one of the more than 350 servicemen unaccounted-for from the battle at Unsan. Between
1991-94,
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA and dental comparisons in the identification of Baylor’s remains, which were turned over in 1993. For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1169. |
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Crescent-News.comRemains of area veteran to come home
January
19,
2009
By JARED ORZOLEK orzolek@crescent-news.com MONTPELIER -- The body of a Montpelier man who died in a Korean prisoner of war camp in 1950 will be returned to the United States for burial. The remains of Private First Class Paul Tingle, who went missing in action Nov. 26, 1950, have been found in North Korea, according to Tingle's niece, Connie Gilbert of Montpelier...... |
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RELEASE
No.
052-09
January 23, 2009 Missing WWII Soldiers are Identified The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of two U.S. servicemen, missing from World War II, have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors. They are Pfc. Julian H. Rogers, of Bloomington, Ind, and Pvt. Henry E. Marquez, of Kansas City, Kan. Both men were U.S. Army. Rogers will be buried in the spring in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C., and Marquez will be buried on May 30 in Kansas City, Mo. Representatives from the Army's Mortuary Office met with the next-of-kin of these men in their hometowns to explain the recovery and identification process and to coordinate interment with military honors on behalf of the Secretary of the Army. In November 1944, the 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, was attacking east through the Hürtgen Forest in an attempt to capture the German towns of Vossenack and Schmidt. On Nov. 4, the Germans counterattacked in what would become one of the longest running battles in U.S. history. Rogers and Marquez, both members of G Company, 112th Infantry Regiment, were reported killed in action near Vossenack on Nov. 4. Their bodies were not recovered. In 2007, a German citizen searching for wartime relics in the Hürtgen Forest uncovered human remains and military identification tags for Rogers and Marquez. He notified U.S. officials and a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) team excavated the site later that year. The team recovered human remains and non-biological material. Among dental records, other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA in the identification of the remains. For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO Web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1420. |
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RELEASE
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021-09 January 12, 2009 Soldier Missing in Action From Korean War is Identified The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. He is Sgt. Dougall H. Espey Jr., U.S. Army, of Mount Laurel, N.J. He will be buried April 3 in Elmira, N.Y. Representatives from the Army's Mortuary Office met with Espey's next-of-kin to explain the recovery and identification process on behalf of the secretary of the Army. Espey was assigned to Company L, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On Nov. 1, 1950, the 8th Cavalry was occupying a defensive position near Unsan, North Korea, in an area known as the "Camel's Head," when elements of two Chinese Communist Forces divisions struck the 1st Cavalry Division's lines, collapsing the perimeter and forcing a withdrawal. The 3rd Battalion was surrounded and effectively ceased to exist as a fighting unit. Espey was one of the more than 350 servicemen unaccounted-for from the battle at Unsan. Between 1991-94, North Korea turned over to the U.S. 208 boxes of remains believed to contain the remains of 200-400 U.S. servicemen. North Korean documents turned over with several boxes in 1993 indicated that the remains from those boxes were exhumed near Chonsung-Ri, Unsan County. This location correlates with Espey's last known location. Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA and dental comparisons in the identification of the remains. |
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 021-09January 12, 2009 Soldier Missing in Action From Korean War is Identified The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. He is Master Sgt. Cirildo Valencio, U.S. Army, of Carrizo Springs, Texas. He will be buried on Aug. 4 in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. Representatives from the Army met with Valencio's next-of-kin to explain the recovery and identification process on behalf of the Secretary of the Army. Valencio was assigned to Company L, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division then occupying a defensive position near Unsan, North Korea in an area known as the "Camel's Head." On Nov. 1, 1950, parts of two Chinese Communist Forces divisions struck the 1st Cavalry Division's lines, collapsing the perimeter and forcing a withdrawal. In the process, the 3rd Battalion was surrounded and effectively ceased to exist as a fighting unit. Valencio was one of the more than 350 servicemen unaccounted-for from the battle at Unsan. In 2002, a joint U.S.-Democratic People's Republic of Korea team, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), excavated a burial site south of Unsan near the nose of the "Camel's Head" formed by the joining of the Nammyon and Kuryong rivers. The team recovered human remains. Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA and dental comparisons in the identification of the remains. |
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A final farewell, a new beginning Jan. 1: A Cleveland woman waits six decades to discover how her husband died in WWII. NBC's Bob Dotson reports. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/28461083#28461083 |
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