Another Four Return
DPAA has identified and accounted for the following formerly-missing US personnel.
From World War II
FM1c Raymond R. Camery, US Navy, assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma, was lost at Pearl Harbor, HI, on 7 December 1941. He was accounted for on 28 June 2018.
FM1c Walter F. Schleiter, US Navy, assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma, was lost at Pearl Harbor, HI, on 7 December 1941. He was accounted for on 21 June 2018.
S1c Daniel L. Guisinger, Jr., US Navy, assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma, was lost at Pearl Harbor, HI, on 7 December 1941. He was accounted for on 21 June 2018.
From Korea
Pfc Roger Gonzales, USMC Reserve, assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, was lost in North Korea on 29 November 1950. He was accounted for on 26 June 2018.
From Southeast Asia
None
Welcome back, elder brothers-in-arms. Our apologies that your return took so long.
Rest easy. You’re home now.
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Over 72,000 US personnel remain unaccounted for from World War II; over 7,600 US personnel remain unaccounted for from the Korean War; over 1,500 remain unaccounted for in Southeast Asia (SEA); 126 remain unaccounted for from the Cold War; 5 remain unaccounted for from the Gulf Wars; and 1 individual remains unaccounted for from Operation El Dorado Canyon. 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
Three from Pearl Harbor and one from Chosin Resevoir. Welcome home elder brothers. May this bring comfort and closure to your families.
Welcome home.
Fireman First Class, and Seaman First Class, equivalent to today’s Fireman (FN) and Seaman (SN), both E-3s.
Welcome home Brothers. Rest in peace in your home soil.
Welcome home, warriors. Thank you for your sacrifice.
I can’t find much of anything on these men. I thought I had Camery but it looks like it was the wrong one. The bare facts of their IDs, while always welcome, reads like a box score. The lone Marine was in a fight we all know about. I will be posting another comment about PFC Roger Gonzales later. In the meantime, welcome, men.
Thanks for checking on the back stories, A/C, and sharing them with the rest of us.
Welcome home to all these warriors.
I started looking for back stories and came across this about his unit F/2/7 at Chosin.
During the Battle of Chosin Reservoir Captain William Barber earned the Medal of Honor for his actions as commander of Fox 2/7. F/2/7 held a position known as “Fox Hill” against vastly superior numbers of Chinese infantry, holding the Toktong Pass open and keeping the 5th Marine Regiment and the 7th Marine Regiment from getting cut off at Yudam-ni. His company’s actions to keep the pass open, allowed these two regiments to withdrawal from Yudam-ni and consolidate with the rest of the 1st Marine Division at Hagaru-ri. The mission to relieve F/2/7 on top of Fox Hill also led to LtCol Raymond Davis, then commanding officer of 1st Battalion 7th Marines, receiving the Medal of Honor.[5] In addition to Chosin, the Battalion participated in the Inchon Landing, the recapture of Seoul and operations along both the Eastern and Western Fronts.
Apparently PFC Gonzales met his demise on the first night 29 Nov of the Battle, The same night Capt Barber was initially wounded.
Yes, there is much, much more to that. Fox Company is, to put it bluntly, legendary. And PFC Roger Gonzales helped to establish that legend. Here is an account that mentions him in several places, as well as his cousin, who was there with him. It’s an incredible read about an incredible, valiant, selfless, and heroic effort by a small group of American fighting men in a brutally cold place called Fox Hill. They make Custer look like a pussy, to borrow from another war’s movie script.
https://erenow.com/ww/the-last-stand-of-fox-company/3.html
I get a 404 error at that link.
Sorry. Worked for me–probably b/c it was all ready in my cache or something. Try this:
https://erenow.com/ww/the-last-stand-of-fox-company/
Welcome Home.
Welcome home, brothers. Rest in Peace.
Hi my name is SSG. Danny Moreno U.S. Army. I am the great nephew of PFC. Gonzales. He was my grandmothers brother. Me and my family are filled with joy to have Roger finally home. We will be barring him next to his mothers grave next month. Welcome home Uncle.