Airmen Missing in Action from Vietnam War are Identified
Posted on 4 August 2007 at 08:49 in DoD
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U.S. Department of Defense
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No. 960-07
August 03, 2007 |
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Airmen Missing in Action from Vietnam War are Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of two U.S. servicemen, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors.
They are Lt. Col. James H. Ayres, of Pampa, Texas, and Lt. Col. Charles W. Stratton, of Dallas, Texas, both U.S.Air Force. Ayres will be buried Aug. 10 in Pampa, and Stratton's burial date is being set by his family.
On Jan. 3, 1971, these men crewed an F-4E Phantom II aircraft departing Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base on a nighttime strike mission of enemy targets in Savannakhet Province, Laos. Shortly after Ayres initiated a target run, the crew of other aircraft in the flight observed a large explosion. No one witnessed an ejection or heard beeper signals, and communication was lost with the aircraft. Hostile activity in the area prevented search and rescue attempts.
In 2001, a joint U.S./Lao People's Democratic Republic (L.P.D.R.) team, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), traveled to Savannakhet Province and interviewed Laotian citizens about their knowledge of aircraft crash sites. One of the men led the team to what was believed to be the Ayres and Stratton crash site.
Later that year, another U.S./L.P.D.R team began excavating the site. The team recovered human remains and aircrew-related items. Between 2002 and 2005, joint teams visited the site six more times to complete the excavation, recovering more human remains and crew-related items.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA in the identification of the remains.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO Web site at http:// www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1169.
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Vietnam hands over American soldiers’ remains
Posted on 27 July 2007 at 07:35 in DoD
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Vietnam hands over American soldiers’ remains
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The remains of three US soldiers missing in action during the Vietnam War were handed over to American authorities in Da Nang Wednesday. |
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They were recovered from five sites in central Vietnam by joint Vietnamese-US teams.
They were transferred to the US Detachment Two of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) at the city airport by the Vietnam Office for Seeking Missing Persons (VNOSMP), the 104th such repatriation since the end of the war.
Speaking at the handing-over ceremony, US ambassador Michael Marine said the US “welcomes and appreciates the cooperation and assistance of the Vietnamese government”.
According to Detachment Two, 863 Americans have been identified since 1975 – 616 from Vietnam, 215 from Laos, 29 from Cambodia, and three from China.
There are 1,783 still unaccounted-for, 1,393 of them in Vietnam.
Source: VNN – Translated by The Vinh
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Missing WWII Sailor is Identified
Posted on 22 July 2007 at 10:41 in DoD
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U.S. Department of Defense
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No. 906-07
July 20, 2007 |
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Missing WWII Sailor is Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
He is Fireman 3rd Class Alfred E. Livingston, U.S. Navy, of Worthington, Ind. He will be buried on Saturday in Worthington.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Livingston was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma when it was attacked by Japanese torpedo aircraft and capsized in Pearl Harbor. The ship sustained massive casualties. Livingston was one of hundreds declared killed in action whose body was not recovered. In the aftermath of the attack, some remains were recovered from the waters of Pearl Harbor. One set of sailor's remains was recovered and thought to be associated with the USS Arizona losses. However, when efforts to identify the sailor failed, it was inconclusive what ship he was assigned to and he was buried as an unknown in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as The Punchbowl.
In 2006, a Pearl Harbor survivor and researcher, contacted the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) and suggested that the biological and dental information on file for the unknown sailor may be correlated with Livingston's personnel file. JPAC's analysts studied the documentation and found enough evidence to support the researcher's findings that Livingston was actually recovered after the war even though he was originally listed as one of the hundreds of unrecoverable servicemen from the attack on Pearl Harbor. In February 2007, the grave for the unknown sailor was exhumed.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC also used dental comparisons in the identification of Livingston's remains.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO Web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/ or call (703) 699-1420.
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Soldiers Missing in Action from the Korean War are Identified
Posted on 20 July 2007 at 15:30 in DoD
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U.S. Department of Defense
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No. 898-07
July 19, 2007 |
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Soldiers Missing in Action from the Korean War are Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of three U.S. servicemen, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors.
They are Sgt. Donald C. Trent, of Crab Orchard, W. Va.; Cpl. Robert K. Imrie, of Randolph, Mass.; and Cpl. Samuel Wirrick of Lancaster, Pa.; all U.S. Army. Imrie will be buried Monday at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C.; and Trent and Wirrick will be buried at Arlington in October.
Representatives from the Army met with the next-of-kin of these men in their hometowns to explain the recovery and identification process and to coordinate interment with military honors on behalf of the Secretary of the Army.
In late November 1950, these soldiers were members of the 2nd Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, then operating south of the Chongchon River in North Korea. Their regiment's positions came under heavy attack by Chinese forces and the 2nd Battalion was forced to withdraw to positions near the town of Kujang. On Nov. 27, Imrie was killed in action, and Trent and Wirrick were reported missing.
In 2000, a joint U.S.-Democratic People's Republic of Korea-Korean People's Army team, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), excavated a mass burial believed to contain the remains of U.S. soldiers who died near Kujang. The team found human remains, Wirrick's identification tag and other material evidence associated with U.S. Army infantry equipment.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA and dental comparisons in the identification of the remains.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO Web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1420.
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Marine Missing From Vietnam War Is Identified
Posted on 19 July 2007 at 13:20 in DoD
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U.S. Department of Defense
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No. 892-07
July 18, 2007 |
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Marine Missing From Vietnam War Is Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
He is Cpl. Jim E. Moshier, U.S. Marine Corps, of Bakersfield, Calif. He will be buried Wednesday in Bakersfield.
On June 11, 1967, Moshier was one of 11 passengers on board a CH-46A Sea Knight helicopter that was inserting forces into Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, when the aircraft was struck by enemy ground fire and crashed. Pilots from two nearby helicopters saw the crash and reported that none of the men on board could have survived. Aircraft flew over the site for several hours, but saw no survivors. A ground patrol attempted to access the site the next day, but could not because of the large concentration of enemy forces in the area. Two weeks later, a reconnaissance patrol was within 25 meters of the crash site, but extensive enemy activity prevented the team from approaching closer.
Between 1993 and 1994, U.S./Socialist Republic of Vietnam (S.R.V.) teams, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), conducted two surveys of the site, and interviewed several Vietnamese citizens who said they witnessed the crash. Two of the citizens claimed to have seen bone fragments while scavenging the site years earlier. The teams found small pieces of wreckage, but no human remains.
In May 2005, Vietnamese officials notified U.S. officials that possible human remains were present at a district security compound in Quang Tri Province. The Vietnamese reported they confiscated the remains and other items, including Moshier's identification tag, from a Vietnamese citizen in 1996. The remains were then buried in the security compound, but the ID tag and other items had supposedly been lost over the years. Later that month, a U.S./S.R.V. team excavated the secondary burial site in the security compound and recovered a box containing human remains.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA in the identification of Moshier's remains. Remains from one of the other servicemembers on board the aircraft, Pfc. James E. Widener, U.S. Marine Corps, were identified in August 2006.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1169.
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Search Underway for WWII Japanese MIAs in Alaska
Posted on 16 July 2007 at 07:25 in DoD
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U.S. Department of Defense
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No. 884-07
July 16, 2007 |
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Search Underway for WWII Japanese MIAs in Alaska
The Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that a small team of Japanese and U.S. specialists is visiting Attu Island, Alaska, in search of information which may lead them to remains of missing Japanese soldiers.
With support from the Department of Defense, the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the team of five Japanese and three Americans arrived Thursday for a four day mission. The team is investigating potential loss or burial sites where the remains of Japanese soldiers may be found. The team's findings will be evaluated by the U.S. and Japanese governments to determine if follow-on excavations are called for.
Primary airlift for the team was provided by the U.S. Coast Guard on a regularly-scheduled C-130 airlift mission from Kodiak to Attu Island. While visiting the island, the team is being housed at the long range navigation station where some Coast Guardsmen have volunteered to assist in the investigations. Attu Island is under the management and protection of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service which administers the Aleutian Islands National Wildlife Refuge. At the end of Alaska's Aleutian island chain, Attu is the westernmost point of land of the United States.
In June 1942, a unit of the Japanese Army occupied Attu, capturing and imprisoning many of its inhabitants. U.S. forces began action to recapture the small island in May 1943, where fierce hand-to-hand battles led to about 540 American and 2,300 Japanese deaths. It was the site of the only land battle in WWII in North America.
Shortly after the war, 235 sets of Japanese remains were recovered on Attu by U.S. forces and reburied at Ft. Richardson, near Anchorage, Alaska. The Japanese later disinterred those remains, cremated them as part of a religious ceremony and reburied them at the same location.
The Japanese government assisted U.S. investigators last month in a visit to Iwo Jima in search of information related to American WWII MIAs.
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Marine Missing In Action From Korean War Is Identified
Posted on 10 July 2007 at 07:30 in DoD
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U.S. Department of Defense
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No. 860-07
July 10, 2007 |
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Marine Missing In Action From Korean War Is Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
He is Pfc. Domenico S. Di Salvo, U.S. Marine Corps, of Akron, Ohio. He will be buried July 12 in Seville, Ohio.
In late November 1950, Di Salvo was a member of Company F, 2nd Battalion, 5th Regiment, of the 1st Marine Division then deployed near Yudam-ni on the western side of the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea. On Nov. 27, three Communist Chinese Divisions launched an attack on the Marine positions. Over the next several days, U.S. forces staged a fighting withdrawal to the south. Di Salvo was lost on Dec. 2, 1950, as a result of enemy action near Yudam-ni. He was among several in his company buried by fellow Marines in a temporary grave near the battlefield.
During Operation Glory in 1954, the North Korean government repatriated the remains of U.S. and allied soldiers. Included in this repatriation were sets of remains associated with Di Salvo's burial. That year, U.S. officials identified five of these individuals. One repatriated individual could not be identified at that time and was buried as an unknown in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (The Punchbowl) in Hawaii.
In November 2006, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) exhumed remains from the NMCP believed to be those of Di Salvo.
Among other forensic tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from the JPAC used dental comparisons in Di Salvo's identification.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO Web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/ or call (703) 699-1169.
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DoD Announces Soldiers Status as Missing-Captured
Posted on 30 June 2007 at 21:18 in DoD
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U.S. Department of Defense
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No. 817-07
June 29, 2007 |
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DoD Announces Soldiers Status as Missing-Captured
The Department of Defense has changed the status of two soldiers serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom from duty status whereabouts unknown (DUSTWUN) to missing-captured.
Pvt. Byron W. Fouty, 19, of Waterford, Mich., and Spc. Alex R. Jimenez, 25, of Lawrence, Mass., were declared missing-captured June 27.
On May 12, Fouty and Jimenez were categorized as DUSTWUN when their patrol was attacked by enemy forces. They are assigned to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
Efforts continue for their successful and safe return. For more information in regard to the ongoing search and recovery operations please contact the Coalition Press Information Center-Baghdad at (703) 270-0299 or (703) 270-0320.
Change in status questions can be directed to Shari Lawrence, deputy public affairs officer for the U.S. Army Human Resources Command in Alexandria, Va., at (703) 325-8856, after hours: (703) 946-0791.
The public affairs officer assisting Fouty's family is Maj. Dawn Dancer, (517) 481-8140 or (517) 481-8141, after hours: (517) 896-0860, Michigan National Guard.
The public affairs officer assisting Jimenez's family is Lt. Col. Jeffrey Buczkowski, (212) 784-0113 or (212) 784-0112, after hours: (785) 410-5522, Army public affairs-New York Branch.
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Soldier Missing In Action From WWII Is Identified
Posted on 15 June 2007 at 19:11 in DoD
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U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
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No. 750-07
June 15, 2007 |
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Soldier Missing In Action From WWII Is Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
He is Pvt. Lawrence P. Burkett, U.S. Army, of Jefferson, N.C. He will be buried Saturday in Jefferson.
Representatives from the Army met with Burkett's next-of-kin in their hometown to explain the recovery and identification process and to coordinate interment with military honors on behalf of the secretary of the Army.
In early December 1944, Burkett was a member of Company A, 357 th Infantry Regiment, 90 th Infantry Division. The 90 th ID had been assigned the task of breaching the southern portion of the enemy's "West Wall" near the German city of Saarbrücken. The 357 th was occupying a bridgehead in the Dillingen Forest near the Saar River when the Germans launched a strong counterattack. The 357 th suffered many casualties and on Dec. 11, Burkett was among those listed as missing in action. In May 2006, U.S. officials were notified that a German citizen had found and dug up the remains of a possible American soldier in a wartime fighting trench in the Dillingen Forest near Saarbrüken. The U.S. officials traveled to the site and collected the remains and associated evidence, including Burkett's identification tags and his social security card.
In September 2006, a team from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) excavated the burial site in the Dillingen Forest and recovered additional human remains and material evidence.
Among dental records, other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA in the identification of the remains.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO Web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1169.
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Rear Adm. Crisp Bio - New JPAC Commander
Posted on 14 June 2007 at 22:22 in DoD
Rear Admiral Donna L. Crisp
Director for Manpower and Personnel, J1
The Joint Staff
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 Rear Admiral Donna L. Crisp is the Director for Manpower and Personnel, Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. She assumed this position in September 2004.
Rear Adm. Crisp is a native of Bay Shore, N.Y., but was raised in Redlands, Calif. She graduated from California State University at Long Beach in 1971.
In October 1974, she was commissioned an Ensign at Officer Candidate School, Newport, R.I. Her first assignment was at Naval District Washington as Protocol Officer and District Public Affairs Officer, with subsequent tours in Security Group, Communications, and Public Affairs in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In 1979, following an assignment as Manpower/Personnel Department Head (N1) on the staff of Commander Third Fleet, she served as a manpower and budget analyst on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations.
Rear Adm. Crisp became Project Officer for Carrier Navy Tactical Data Systems, Weapons Control and Air Traffic Control Programs at Fleet Combat Direction Systems Support Activity, San Diego, Calif. Following tours as Director, Combat Systems Maintenance Training Facility and Tactical Data Systems "C" Schools, she was assigned as Executive Officer and Comptroller at the Integrated Combat Systems Test Facility.
From 1988 to 1992, she served as Fleet Personnel Assignment and Distribution Officer and Deputy N1 on the staff of Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet. She then assumed command of Naval Consolidated Brig Miramar, a Department of Defense Level II prison, from June 1992 to May 1994. From June 1994 to July 1996, she served as Director, Distribution Management and Control Division (PERS-46), Program Manager, Permanent Change of Station Funds, Bureau of Naval Personnel. From August 1996 to January 1999, she commanded Personnel Support Activity, Norfolk, providing pay, personnel and passenger transportation support to one million Sailors, retirees and their family members throughout the East Coast Mid-Atlantic States and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. From February 1999 to December 2001, she served as Director of Manpower, Personnel, and Quality (TCJ1), United States Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., where she was also selected by the Deputy Commander in Chief to be his Executive Assistant with the additional duty of Director of Staff.
From January 2002 to April 2004, Rear Adm. Crisp served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Shore Installation Management on the staff of Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet. In September 2002, she was designated as Head, Human Resources Officer for all HR officers in the Navy. As Commander Task Force Warrior from April through August 2004, she was responsible for integrating and interfacing the Navy’s Human Capital System and Sea Warrior.
Rear Adm. Crisp is a Master Training Specialist and Secretary of Defense Reengineering Excellence award recipient. Her personal decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit with three gold stars, the Meritorious Service Medal with two gold stars, the Navy Commendation Medal, the Navy Achievement Medal, and various other unit and service medals.
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