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I get so excited when I receive these notifications. My friend, whose bracelet I'm wearing, is supposed to come home in 2016. His sister Pam, and several pilots who served with him, along with me, say, the sooner the better. He went down in November 1969 and it's time he gets home. I'm including a link to DPAA, which lists all of the recoveri s so far. It's a short list, which I hope grows more in 2016.
http://www.dpaa.mil/OurMissing/RecentlyAccountedFor.aspx
From World War II
• PVT Earl J. Keating, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, US Army, was lost on 20 November 1942 on Papua New Guinea. He was accounted for on 6 November 2015.
• Pvt. Robert J. Carter, G Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, USMC, was lost on 20 November 1943 on Tarawa. He was accounted for on 10 November 2015.
• Capt. Arthur E. Halfpapp, 87th Fighter Squadron, 79th Fighter Group, US Army Air Forces, was lost on 24 April 1945 in Italy. He was accounted for on 6 November 2015.
From Korea
• CPL George P. Grifford, 37th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, US Army, was lost on 30 November 1950 in North Korea. He was accounted for on 7 November 2015.
From Vietnam
• SFC Billy D. Hill, 282nd Aviation Company, 14th Aviation Battalion, 17th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade, US Army was lost on 21 January 1968 in South Vietnam. He was accounted for on 12 November 2015.
You’re no longer missing, elder brothers-in-arms. Our apologies that your return took so long.
Now you’re home. Rest in peace.
. . .
Over 73,000 US personnel remain unaccounted for from World War II; over 7,800 US personnel remain unaccounted for from the Korean War; and over 1,600 remain unaccounted for in Southeast Asia (SEA). Comparison of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from recovered remains against mtDNA from a matrilineal descendant can assist in making a positive ID for unidentified remains that have already been recovered, or which may be recovered in the future.
DPAA’s web site now has what appears to be a decent “Contact Us” page. The page doesn’t have instructions concerning who can and cannot submit a mtDNA sample or how to submit one, but the POCs listed there may be able to refer you to someone who can answer that question – or may be able to answer the question themselves. If you think you might possibly qualify, please contact one of those POCs for further information.
If your family lost someone in one of these conflicts and you qualify to submit a mtDNA sample, please arrange to submit one. By doing that you just might help identify the remains of a US service member who’s been repatriated but not yet been identified – as well as a relative of yours, however distant. Or you may help to identify remains to be recovered in the future.
Everybody deserves a proper burial. That’s especially true for those who gave their all while serving this nation.
Author’s note: the original version of this article had a typo in the date of loss for SFC Hill. That error has been corrected above.
http://www.dpaa.mil/OurMissing/RecentlyAccountedFor.aspx
From World War II
• PVT Earl J. Keating, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, US Army, was lost on 20 November 1942 on Papua New Guinea. He was accounted for on 6 November 2015.
• Pvt. Robert J. Carter, G Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, USMC, was lost on 20 November 1943 on Tarawa. He was accounted for on 10 November 2015.
• Capt. Arthur E. Halfpapp, 87th Fighter Squadron, 79th Fighter Group, US Army Air Forces, was lost on 24 April 1945 in Italy. He was accounted for on 6 November 2015.
From Korea
• CPL George P. Grifford, 37th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, US Army, was lost on 30 November 1950 in North Korea. He was accounted for on 7 November 2015.
From Vietnam
• SFC Billy D. Hill, 282nd Aviation Company, 14th Aviation Battalion, 17th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade, US Army was lost on 21 January 1968 in South Vietnam. He was accounted for on 12 November 2015.
You’re no longer missing, elder brothers-in-arms. Our apologies that your return took so long.
Now you’re home. Rest in peace.
. . .
Over 73,000 US personnel remain unaccounted for from World War II; over 7,800 US personnel remain unaccounted for from the Korean War; and over 1,600 remain unaccounted for in Southeast Asia (SEA). Comparison of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from recovered remains against mtDNA from a matrilineal descendant can assist in making a positive ID for unidentified remains that have already been recovered, or which may be recovered in the future.
DPAA’s web site now has what appears to be a decent “Contact Us” page. The page doesn’t have instructions concerning who can and cannot submit a mtDNA sample or how to submit one, but the POCs listed there may be able to refer you to someone who can answer that question – or may be able to answer the question themselves. If you think you might possibly qualify, please contact one of those POCs for further information.
If your family lost someone in one of these conflicts and you qualify to submit a mtDNA sample, please arrange to submit one. By doing that you just might help identify the remains of a US service member who’s been repatriated but not yet been identified – as well as a relative of yours, however distant. Or you may help to identify remains to be recovered in the future.
Everybody deserves a proper burial. That’s especially true for those who gave their all while serving this nation.
Author’s note: the original version of this article had a typo in the date of loss for SFC Hill. That error has been corrected above.
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That is wonderful new that 5 more MIA's have been identified and brought home SGT (Join to see).
I am glad that after so many years the remain of the following servicemen were brought home. Hopefully this will help bring closure to their families
• PVT Earl J. Keating, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, US Army, was lost on 20 November 1942 on Papua New Guinea.
• Pvt. Robert J. Carter, G Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, USMC, was lost on 20 November 1943 on Tarawa.
• Capt. Arthur E. Halfpapp, 87th Fighter Squadron, 79th Fighter Group, US Army Air Forces, was lost on 24 April 1945 in Italy.
• CPL George P. Grifford, 37th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, US Army, was lost on 30 November 1950 in North Korea.
• SFC Billy D. Hill, 282nd Aviation Company, 14th Aviation Battalion, 17th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade, US Army was lost on 21 January 1968 in South Vietnam.
I am glad that after so many years the remain of the following servicemen were brought home. Hopefully this will help bring closure to their families
• PVT Earl J. Keating, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, US Army, was lost on 20 November 1942 on Papua New Guinea.
• Pvt. Robert J. Carter, G Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, USMC, was lost on 20 November 1943 on Tarawa.
• Capt. Arthur E. Halfpapp, 87th Fighter Squadron, 79th Fighter Group, US Army Air Forces, was lost on 24 April 1945 in Italy.
• CPL George P. Grifford, 37th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, US Army, was lost on 30 November 1950 in North Korea.
• SFC Billy D. Hill, 282nd Aviation Company, 14th Aviation Battalion, 17th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade, US Army was lost on 21 January 1968 in South Vietnam.
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Hopefully so LTC Stephen F.. I hope most of them still have family living. Either way, they're home now where they belong. Thank God for the discovery of DNA.
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