Another Is Home
My apologies to all for missing this earlier. In late February, DPMO announced the identification of another US MIA from SE Asia.
HM3 Michael B. Judd, US Navy, atttached to Company A, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, was lost on 30 June 1967 in Thua Thien-Hue Province, South Vietnam. He was declared accounted for on 27 February 2013. He will be buried with full military honors on 15 July 2013 in Arlington National Cemetery.
Rest in peace, my elder brother-in-arms. Welcome home.
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Over 73,600 US personnel remain unaccounted for from World War II; over 7,900 US personnel remain unaccounted for from the Korean War; and over 1,640 remain unaccounted for in Southeast Asia. If you are a relative of one of the individuals listed here (World War II – critical need), listed here (Korea), or listed here (Southeast Asia) – please consider reading this link to see if you qualify to submit a mtDNA sample.
If you qualify to submit a mtDNA sample, please submit one. By submitting a mtDNA sample, you may be able to help identify US remains that have been recovered and repatriated but not yet positively identified.
Everybody deserves a proper burial. That’s especially true for those who gave their all in the service of this nation.
Category: No Longer Missing
He is not forgotten, by us or others. Here’s a link to a page that tells us more about HM3 Judd, and the mission from which he did not return. A photo of him is on the page, too.
Welcome home.
http://www.vvmf.org/thewall/Wall_Id_No=26994