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Another Four Are Known

| December 20, 2021 | 8 Comments
Another Four Are Known

DPAA’s “Recently Accounted For” webpage announced recently that the following formerly-missing US personnel have been accounted for. From World War II FC1c Hubert P. Clement, US Navy, assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma, was lost at Pearl Harbor, HI, on 7 December 1941. His accounting was announced on 15 December 2021. EM1c Edward […]

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Final Accounting for the USS Oklahoma

| December 5, 2021 | 14 Comments
Final Accounting for the USS Oklahoma

On 2 December 2021, DPAA announced the final accounting for the crew of the USS Oklahoma, sunk at Pearl Harbor, HI, on 7 December 1941. The remaining 33 unknowns from this ship were declared accounted for. This personnel accounting was what DPAA referred to as a “group accounting”. Although the DPAA article could be more […]

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Another Three Are Known

| November 21, 2021 | 5 Comments
Another Three Are Known

DPAA’s “Recently Accounted For” webpage announced recently that the following formerly-missing US personnel have been accounted for. From World War II FC2c Lawrence J. Overley, US Navy, assigned assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma, was lost at Pearl Harbor, HI, on 7 December 1941. His accounting was announced on 19 November 2021. TSgt […]

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Three More Are Known

| November 14, 2021 | 16 Comments
Three More Are Known

DPAA’s “Recently Accounted For” webpage announced recently that the following formerly-missing US personnel have been accounted for. From World War II PVT Edward M. Ryan, US Army, assigned to Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division, was lost on Saipan on 7 July 1944. His accounting was announced on 10 November 2021. […]

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Another Is Known

| November 7, 2021 | 7 Comments
Another Is Known

DPAA’s “Recently Accounted For” webpage announced recently that the following formerly-missing US personnel have been accounted for. From World War II Pfc Walter L. Collier, USMC, assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma, was lost at Pearl Harbor, HI, on 7 December 1941. His accounting was announced on 1 November 2021. He will be […]

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Three More Return

| October 24, 2021 | 7 Comments
Three More Return

DPAA’s “Recently Accounted For” webpage announced recently that the following formerly-missing US personnel have been accounted for. From World War II F1c Hal J. Allison, US Navy, assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma, was lost at Pearl Harbor, HI, on 7 December 1941. His accounting was announced on 19 October 2021. F2c Edward […]

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Another Is Known

| October 17, 2021 | 10 Comments
Another Is Known

DPAA’s “Recently Accounted For” webpage announced recently that the following formerly-missing US personnel have been accounted for. From World War II S2c Pete Turk, US Navy, assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma, was lost at Pearl Harbor, HI, on 7 December 1941. His accounting was announced on 12 October 2021. From Korea None […]

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Civil War vet finally being laid to rest with his wife

| October 14, 2021 | 13 Comments
Civil War vet finally being laid to rest with his wife

KoB sends in word on this heartwarming story. The Star Herald reports; Cynthia Vest Kinkead has rested alone beneath a white headstone in her family’s large burial plot near the east entrance to Plattsmouth’s Oak Hill Cemetery ever since her death, in 1910. She’s about to get some company in that lonely patch of grass. […]

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