Two More Return

DPAA has identified and accounted for the following formerly-missing US personnel.

From World War II

• Pfc Lyle E. Charpilloz, Company F, 2nd Battalion, 8thMarine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, USMC, was lost on Tarawa Atoll on 20 November 1943. He was accounted for on 22 November 2017. (See note below.)

• 1st Sgt David H. Quinn, Company C, 2nd Amphibian Tractor Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, USMC, was lost on Tarawa Atoll on 21 November 1943. He was accounted for on 22 November 2017.

From Korea

• None

From Southeast Asia

• None

Welcome back, elder brothers-in-arms. Our apologies that your return took so long.

You’re home now. Rest easy.

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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.

 

Author’s Note: DPAA’s listing of recently accounted-for personnel is incorrect and incomplete regarding Pfc Charpilloz. As this article by DPAA notes, Pfc Charpilloz was lost during the battle for Beito Island. His actual date of loss was 20 November 1943.

Category: No Longer Missing