From This Ain't Hell, Another MIA returns, Hondo | November 27, 2015

2015-11-27T19:20:03-05:00

Welcome home my brother. Your war is finally over. God Bless You
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Another Returns

Hondo | November 27, 2015 | 6 Comments

DPAA has announced the identification and accounting for the following formerly-missing US Soldier.

From Korea

• SGT Billy J. Williams, 2nd Reconnaissance Company, 2nd Infantry Division, US Army, was lost on 14 February 1951 in North Korea. He was accounted for on 19 November 2015.

You’re no longer missing, elder brother-in-arms. Our apologies that your return took so long.

Welcome home, and 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.

http://www.dpaa.mil/Families/ContactInformation.aspx

http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=62981

Response by LTC Stephen F. made Nov 27 at 2015 8:17 PM

2015-11-27T20:17:54-05:00

Great news. Thank you SGT Private RallyPoint Member for letting us know that yet another MIA is no longer an MIA.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Nov 29 at 2015 8:19 PM

2015-11-29T20:19:44-05:00

Welcome home brother.

Response by MAJ David Wallace made Nov 29 at 2015 8:42 PM

2015-11-29T20:42:59-05:00

Great story; we can never tire of looking for our missing personnel and giving closure to their families. Glad to see another warrior making his journey back home......

Response by SGT Thomas Lucken made Nov 29 at 2015 9:26 PM

2015-11-29T21:26:55-05:00

Response by SGT Thomas Lucken made Nov 29 at 2015 9:34 PM

2015-11-29T21:34:36-05:00

Late 90s while in Korea as a contractor, I attended several Repatriation Ceremonies of Korean War Remains! People question why they under a UN flag. Have to remember till the bodies are unidentified that there were over 16 nations involved with the Korean War, and until they identify who and nationality.

Response by GySgt John O'Donnell made Nov 30 at 2015 8:26 AM

2015-11-30T08:26:19-05:00

Welcome home brother!!!

Response by LCDR Rabbah Rona Matlow made Nov 30 at 2015 10:39 AM

2015-11-30T10:39:10-05:00

Until they all come home...

Response by PVT Mark Zehner made Jul 28 at 2019 10:16 AM

2019-07-28T10:16:02-04:00

Rest easy Hero