Posted on Nov 27, 2015
From This Ain't Hell, Another MIA returns, Hondo | November 27, 2015
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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
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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
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Great news. Thank you SGT (Join to see) for letting us know that yet another MIA is no longer an MIA.
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It is great news LTC Stephen F..
Is it just me or does it seem that MIA's are coming home a little faster now? I hope my friend gets home in 2016. It will be a great day when he does.
Is it just me or does it seem that MIA's are coming home a little faster now? I hope my friend gets home in 2016. It will be a great day when he does.
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LTC Stephen F.
SGT (Join to see) - I concur with you my friend. As forensic capability improves and time tends to heal wounds with former enemies more and more sites seem to open up in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Korea. I hope the rate of recovery and identification continues to increase until all are accounted for.
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Receiving permission to search private property has been one of the main problems LTC Stephen F.. In Vietnam, the village chief or the landowner has to give permission to search. My friend was fortunate. When the landowner found the crash site he reported it, otherwise they never would have been found. His friends he was serving with have always thought the helicopter went down in the South China Sea. They are very excited about the discovery. Luckily, I know the family and am updated by them, or I give them updates.
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SGT Thomas Lucken
SGT (Join to see) - That is the Veteran's Wall in Brownstown, IL. The picture is from Memorial Day this year.
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SGT Thomas Lucken, Thank you It's a beautiful picture, and the inscription says it all. How far are you from Wheaton, IL?
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Thanks. One of my gunner buddy's is from there and he was KIA in Nam 1967. He was like a brother to me.
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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......
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Thanks for your comment. I won't be alive after they are all back, but I'll be watching the progress. Thanks MAJ David Wallace.
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