{"id":98620,"date":"2020-04-26T07:30:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T11:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=98620"},"modified":"2020-04-26T08:35:57","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T12:35:57","slug":"another-two-are-home-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=98620","title":{"rendered":"Another Eight Are Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

DPAA is again regularly updating its \u201cRecently Accounted For\u201d webpage. Per that source<\/i><\/a>, the following individuals have been announced by DPAA as having been accounted for during the past week.<\/p>\n

From World War II<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

None<\/b><\/p>\n

From Korea<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

SGT Lloyd A. Alumbaugh<\/b>, US Army, assigned to Ambulance Company, 7th Medical Battalion, 7th Infantry Division, was lost in North Korea on 28 November 1950. His accounting was announced on 23 April 2020.<\/p>\n

SFC Frank G. Vejar<\/b>, US Army, assigned to Heavy Mortar Company, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, was lost in North Korea on 30 November 1950. His accounting was announced on 20 April 2020.<\/p>\n

CPL Benjamin R. Bazzell<\/b>, US Army, assigned to Headquarters Battery, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division, was lost in North Korea on 30 November 1950. His accounting was announced on 20 April 2020.<\/p>\n

PFC Bill F. Hobbs<\/b>, US Army, assigned to Heavy Mortar Company, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, was lost in North Korea on 30 November 1950. His accounting was announced on 22 April 2020.<\/p>\n

PFC Louis N. Crosby<\/b>, US Army, assigned to A Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, was lost in North Korea on 1 December 1950. His accounting was announced on 22 April 2020.<\/p>\n

CPL Ralph S. Boughman<\/b>, US Army, assigned to Headquarters Battery, B Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, was lost in North Korea on 2 December 1950. His accounting was announced on 21 April 2020.<\/p>\n

CPL Charles E. Hiltibran<\/b>, US Army, assigned to Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, was lost in North Korea on 2 December 1950. His accounting was announced on 22 April 2020.<\/p>\n

CPL Clifford S. Johnson<\/b>, US Army, assigned to Headquarters Battery, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division, was lost in North Korea on 6 December 1950. His accounting was announced on 21 April 2020.<\/p>\n

From Southeast Asia<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

None<\/b><\/p>\n

Welcome back, elder brothers-in-arms. Our apologies that your return took so long.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re home now. Rest easy.<\/p>\n

. . .<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over 72,000 US personnel remain unaccounted for from World War II; over 7,500 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.<\/p>\n

On their web site’s Contact Us<\/em><\/a> 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<\/em><\/a>. The text associated with the chart is short and is found in one of the FAQs.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s been repatriated but not yet been identified \u2013 as well as a relative of yours, however distant. Or you may help to identify remains to be recovered in the future.<\/p>\n

Everybody deserves a proper burial. That\u2019s especially true for those who gave their all while serving this nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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