Another Three Come Home

DPMO has announced the identification of two US MIAs from Korea and one US MIA from Southeast Asia.

• CPL Donald V. Maclean, Company D, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, US Army, was lost on 2 December1950 near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea.  He was accounted for on 22 May 2013.  He will be buried with full military honors this summer in Cary, Illinois.
• CPL Marvin E. Omans, Company I, 3^rd Battalion, 31^st Regimental Combat Team, US Army was lost on 3 December 1950 near Sinhung-ri, North Korea.  He was accounted for on 21 May 2013.  He will be buried with full military honors on 24 June 2013 in Little Rock, Arkansas.
• Maj. Louis F. Guillerman, 609th Air Commando Squadron, US Air Force, was lost on 30 April 1968 near Savannakhet Province, Laos.  He was accounted for on 28 May 2013. Information concerning Maj. Guillerman’s burial has not yet been made public.

Welcome home, my elder brothers-in-arms.  Rest now in peace.

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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