Another Comes Home

| July 24, 2013

DPMO has announced the identification of a US MIA from Korea.

  • Pfc. Jonathan R. Posey Jr., L Battery, 11th Artillery Regiment, 1st Marine Division, USMC, was lost on 2 December 1950 during the fighting withdrawal from the Chosin Reservoir.  He was formally accounted for on 19 June 2013.  He will be buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery on 12 August 2013.  .

Welcome home, my elder brother-in-arms.  Welcome home; rest 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.

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MCPO NYC USN (Ret.)

Welcome home! BZ and may God bless your soul and family!