Four More Return
DPAA has identified and accounted for the following formerly-missing US personnel.
From World War II
FC3c Victor P. Tumlinson, 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 4 March 2019.
S1c Oris V. Brandt, 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 1 March 2019.
S1c Ernest R. West, 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 1 March 2019.
SGT Cread E. Shuey, US Army, assigned to G Battery, 60th Coast Artillery Regiment, was lost the Philippines on 27 September 1942. He was accounted for on 4 March 2019.
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 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 Eldorado 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. 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 is found in one of the 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.
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Author’s Note: DPAA publicly announced accounting for ENS Charles M. Stern, Jr. on 5 March 2019. However, ENS Stern’s name appeared on DPAA’s “Recently Accounted For” page and in an article announcing that fact here in mid-November 2018.
Category: No Longer Missing
Welcome home.
Welcome home, men.
Rest well.
Welcome home, men. We honor your sacrifice.
It does my heart good to see these posts. But it distressing because their relatives may not have lived to see them repatriated.
Welcome home. Duty, Honor, Country, always.
Welcome Home Fallen Warriors. Rest In Hallowed Peace, you’ve earned your place in History and Valhalla.
Welcome home Brothers. Rest in peace in your home soil now.
Welcome Home, Warriors. I am humbled by your sacrifice. Blessings to you and yours
There is a nice picture of SGT Cread E. Shuey in uniform on this site. There is also a photo of perhaps his family members as well as a newspaper article stating his Mother received word that he received the Silver Star after his death:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56777584/cread-e-shuey
He is also mentioned in this article:
http://corregidor.org/ca/btty_globe/globe_3.htm
Never Forget.
He also was a Prisoner of War of the Japanese and entered the Army in Arizona even though he may have originally been from California.
There is a very nice of S1c Oris Vernelle Brandt in his uniform at this site along with his family members:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72249006
He was born around 1921 and left us at a young age.
A memorial burial site was set up for him at the Oakland Cemetary in Morocco, Newton County, Indiana.
Rest in Peace, Sailor. You were never forgotten.
Welcome Home.
There is a nice picture of S1c Ray West in uniform who was born in 1919. He was about 21 when he was killed in action.
There is a memorial set up for him at the Lowman Cemetery in
Runnells, Polk County, Iowa.
His parents and siblings are mentioned at his site:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44227316/ernest-west
Rest In Peace, Young Man. We never forgot you.
Here is a nice picture of FC3c Victor Pat Tumlinson in uniform as well as information on his family members:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56134003/victor-pat-tumlinson
He was born 28 January 1922 and was only a teenager at the age of 19 when he was killed in action.
Suspect he was born and raised in Texas. His family members are listed at his site.
Salute. Rest In Peace. You were not forgotten.
Please Bring Them All Home.
‘lest we forget! Hondo, again, many Thanks for bringing these Warrior’s names to our attention. A true labor of love.
A special Thanks to AnotherPat for the added links. I especially liked the extensive background on SGT Cread E. Shuey and the 60th Coast Artillery. Seems as if history just brushes over the actions in the PA before the fall of Bataan and Corregidor, and then the Death March. Those troops gave a very good accounting of themselves, and probably could have done more if it hadn’t of been hamstrung by higher.
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Thanks to Another Pat for fleshing out the bios of these heroes. As the son of a WWII vet and the son-in-law of another, it does my heart good to see them finally id’d and brought home. Never Forget.