Another Returns

| August 16, 2020

Per DPAA’s “Recently Accounted For” webpage, the following formerly-missing US soldier was publicly announced as having been accounted for during the past week.

From World War II

None

From Korea

SGT James N. Stryker, US Army, assigned to Company L, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, was lost in South Korea on 18 May 1951. His accounting was announced on 10 August 2020.

From Southeast Asia

None

Welcome back, elder brother-in-arms. Our apologies that your return took so long.

You’re home now. Rest easy.

. . .

Over 72,000 US personnel remain unaccounted for from World War II; over 7,500 US personnel remain unaccounted for from the Korean War; over 1,500 remain unaccounted for in Southeast Asia (SEA); 126 remain unaccounted for from the Cold War; 5 remain unaccounted for from the Gulf Wars; and 1 individual remains unaccounted for from Operation Eldorado Canyon. Comparison of DNA from recovered remains against DNA from some (but not all) blood relatives can assist in making a positive ID for unidentified remains that have already been recovered, or which may be recovered in the future.

On their web site’s Contact Us page DPAA now has FAQs. One of those FAQs describes who can and cannot submit DNA samples useful in identifying recovered remains. The chart giving the answer can be viewed here. The text associated with the chart is short and is found in one of the FAQs.

If your family lost someone in one of these conflicts and you qualify to submit a DNA 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.

Category: No Longer Missing

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AW1Ed

Welcome home.

5th/77th FA

Welcome Home Warrior SGT James N.Stryker. We Salute your Service and pay Honors to your Sacrifice.

Thanks Hondo!

ninja

Sadly, SGT James Nelson Stryker’s Father passed away a couple of months after SGT Stryker was declared deceased after missing in action:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28575908/james-nelson-stryker

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18476749/adonis-gordon-stryker

His Mother passed away in 1977:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18476755/marguerite-stryker

His Brother, Gordan Stryker, passed away in 2012:

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sanantonio/obituary.aspx?n=gordon-ray-stryker&pid=155942915&fhid=8910

Rest In Peace, SGT Stryker and Family.

Salute.

Never Forget.

Bring Them All Home.

ninja

Another Soldier/Korean War Veteran Who Returned:

CPL Ralph Leon Cale, US Army, Virginia, finally came home and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery this past Friday, 14 August 2020.

He was a Teenager at the age of 19 when he gave his life for our Country.

CPL Cale was reported missing in December 1950.

“He’s Coming Home’: Covington Soldier To Be Laid To Rest 70 Years After Going MIA”

https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2020/08/10/hes-coming-home-covington-soldier-to-be-laid-to-rest-70-years-after-going-mia/?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar

https://www.everlywheatley.com/tributes/CPLRalph-Cale

Salute.

Never Forget.

Bring Them All Home.

Roh-Dog

Welcome Home, Brother.

Never Forget.