Posted on May 30, 2022
Sailors from sunken navy ship recognized as 'buried at sea' after 77 years
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For most of his life, Edward Salinas never knew he had a great uncle who served in World War II. The 26-year-old grew up in Edinburg, Texas, just north of the border with Mexico, thousands of miles away from where his relative was a crew member on one of the Navy's most famous sunken ships.
Salinas took a DNA test so he could start building a family tree for his young children. Soon after, he found out about his great uncle, Seamen 3rd Class Jose Antonio Saenz.
"I had been digging around and trying to put pieces of the puzzle together for my family," Salinas told CNN from his home. "I never know about this. It's almost like he was forgotten."
In a sense, Saenz was forgotten, listed as "unaccounted for" from the USS Indianapolis, one of the most infamous stories in US Navy history.
Salinas took a DNA test so he could start building a family tree for his young children. Soon after, he found out about his great uncle, Seamen 3rd Class Jose Antonio Saenz.
"I had been digging around and trying to put pieces of the puzzle together for my family," Salinas told CNN from his home. "I never know about this. It's almost like he was forgotten."
In a sense, Saenz was forgotten, listed as "unaccounted for" from the USS Indianapolis, one of the most infamous stories in US Navy history.
Sailors from sunken navy ship recognized as 'buried at sea' after 77 years
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."The full list of sailors whose status changed:
Seaman 1st Class George Stanley Abbott
Seaman 2nd Class Eugene Clifford Batson
Gunner’s Mate 1st Class William Alexander Haynes
Seaman 2nd Class Albert Raymond Kelly
Seaman 1st Class Albert Davis Lundgren
Fireman 1st Class Ollie McHone
Seaman 2nd Class George David Payne
Storekeeper 3rd Class Alvin Wilder Rahn
Ship’s Cook 3rd Class Jose Antonio Saenz
Coxswain Charles Byrd Sparks
Radioman 2nd Class Joseph Mason Strain
Ship’s Service Man Laundryman 3rd Class Angelo Anthony Sudano
Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Floyd Ralph Wolfe"
..."The full list of sailors whose status changed:
Seaman 1st Class George Stanley Abbott
Seaman 2nd Class Eugene Clifford Batson
Gunner’s Mate 1st Class William Alexander Haynes
Seaman 2nd Class Albert Raymond Kelly
Seaman 1st Class Albert Davis Lundgren
Fireman 1st Class Ollie McHone
Seaman 2nd Class George David Payne
Storekeeper 3rd Class Alvin Wilder Rahn
Ship’s Cook 3rd Class Jose Antonio Saenz
Coxswain Charles Byrd Sparks
Radioman 2nd Class Joseph Mason Strain
Ship’s Service Man Laundryman 3rd Class Angelo Anthony Sudano
Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Floyd Ralph Wolfe"
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That is so cool to find out missing family history after 77 years! Thank you, CHIP, for sharing and for my badges!
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