More Accounted For From World War II and Korea
DPAA has identified and accounted for the following formerly-missing US military personnel.
From World War II
• Seaman 1st Class Murry R. Cargile, U.S. Navy, assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma, was lost on 7 December 1941 at Pearl Harbor. He was accounted for on 12 August 2016.
• Fireman 1st Class Jim H. Johnston, U.S. Navy, assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma, was lost on 7 December 1941 at Pearl Harbor. He was accounted for on 12 August 2016.
From Korea
• PVT Virgil B. Adkins, B Company, 1st Battalion, 65th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, US Army, was lost on 17 July 1953 in North Korea. He was accounted for on 10 August 2016.
Welcome back, elder brothers-in-arms. Our apologies that your return took so long.
Rest in peace. You’re home now.
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Over 73,000 US personnel remain unaccounted for from World War II; over 7,800 US personnel remain unaccounted for from the Korean War; and over 1,600 remain unaccounted for in Southeast Asia (SEA). 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. The answer to 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 can be viewed in DPAA’s 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
Outstanding, RIP brothers.
Rest in Peace, fallen warriors…
Hondo – thanks to you and the others that post these press releases and stories about people that served honorably and made the ultimate sacrifice in defending our country.
Welcome Heme,,,
Rest Well….
Welcome home brothers. Rest in peace in your home soil. God be with your families.
Jim H. Johnston was born into the union of Frank and Clara Johnston. Frank worked for the railroad, according to the 1940 census, and the family lived at 133 Main Street in Wesson, Copia Co., Mississippi. The 1940 population of Wesson was 837. We can guess that Jim’s death at Pearl Harbor was known by all. He was 21. Jim’s brother, Frank S., passed away in 1993 at the age of 95. Welcome home, Jim.
Welcome home, brothers. Rest in peace, finally.