Another Is Accounted For
DPAA has identified and accounted for the following formerly-missing US Sailor.
From World War II
• FC3c Robert L. Pribble, US Navy, assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma, was lost at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. He was accounted for on 14 February 2017.
Welcome back, elder brother-in-arms. Our apologies that your return took so long.
You’re home now. Rest in peace.
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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
Rest In Peace, Fallen Warrior, you have earned your rightful place in History and Valhalla.
Welcome home, Brother.
Welcome home. The long journey for you is at its end now.
You have accomplished your mission, your time is done, Thank you for giving up your tomorrows, we now have our todays.
Rest well.
Robert Lamb Pribble was born in 1922 in Arkansas to Robert R. and Ruth Pribble. Between his birth and age eight, the family of three relocated to Ouachita Parish, Louisiana and rented a home at 1905 Jackson Street. During 1930, the family expanded to four, with the addition of another son. Ten years later, the family still numbered four, with Robert now 18 and his little brother, Harry, 10. The 1940 census indicates that Robert Lamb Pribble was then a freshman in college. The following year, on 7 December 1941, he was in the Navy aboard the USS Oklahoma when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He was most likely 19 when his young life was ended by the Japanese.
I really appreciate the history you add to these posts 2/17 Air Cav, thank you.
Yeah, well, I know that you and some others do b/c you see that these weren’t merely faceless sailors, or soldiers, airmen, or Marines. These were America’s sons who had people who loved them and missed them and were heartbroken when they never came home. It is therefore good that, however scant, we share what we can learn of them and their families.
God rest you well. May he be with your family now.
Sailor, rest your oar.
Rest In Peace now brave sailor son.