Rao bulletin 1 August 2017 html edition
-- Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Richard M. Horwitz
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- Marine Reserve Cpl. Raymond C. Snapp
- Marine Cpl. Anthony G. Guerriero
- Marine Pvt. Joseph Carbon
- -- Navy Fireman 1st Class Elmer T. Kerestes
- -- Navy Yeoman 3rd Class Edmund T. Ryan
- -- Marine Reserve Pvt. Alberic M. Blanchette
-- Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Richard M. Horwitz was a member of the 716th Bomber Squadron, 449th Bombardment Group. On Feb. 28, 1945, Horwitz and 10 other airmen departed Grottaglie Army Air Base, Italy, in a B-24J Liberator aircraft for a combat mission targeting Isarc-Albes railroad bridge in northern Italy, which was used by Germans to move personnel and equipment out of Italy. After the bombing run, Horwitz’s aircraft was reported to have damaged at least two engines after skimming the mountain tops near Lake Wiezen, Austria, on the way to the rally point. No parachutes were reported and Horwitz was reported as missing in action. Interment services are pending. To read more about 2nd. Lt Horwitz refer to http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent-News-Stories/Article/1246142/airman-missing-from-world-war-ii-accounted-for-horwitz. -- Marine Reserve Cpl. Raymond C. Snapp was assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division. Snapp’s unit landed on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll on Nov. 20, 1943, against stiff Japanese resistance. Snapp was killed on the first day of the battle. Interment services are pending. Refer to http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent-News-Stories/Article/1247467/marine-killed-during-world-war-ii-accounted-for-snapp to read about Cpl. Snapp. 
-- Marine Cpl. Anthony G. Guerriero was assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Division. Guerriero’s unit landed on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll on Nov. 20, 1943, against stiff Japanese resistance. Guerriero was killed Nov. 21, 1943. Interment services are pending. Refer to http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent-News-Stories/Article/1247465/marine-killed-during-world-war-ii-accounted-for-guerriero to read about Cpl. Guerriero. 
-- Marine Pvt. Joseph Carbon from New York City who was killed in a Pacific island battle during World War II remains have been identified according to Military officials. The Pentagon’s Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency says Pvt. Joseph Carbone, of Brooklyn, was killed on on the small island of Betio on the first day of the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 20, 1943. Carbone was serving in the 2nd Marine Division as it assaulted the atoll that’s part of the Gilbert Islands. The Marines suffered heavy casualties before securing the island after a three-day battle. Some of the Americans killed were buried in temporary cemeteries whose locations couldn’t be found after the war. In 2015, the Florida-based nonprofit group History Flight found a mass grave containing the remains of 35 Marines and one sailor. Pentagon officials say interment services for Carbone’s remains are pending. Refer to http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent-News-Stories/Article/1254413/marine-killed-during-world-war-ii-accounted-for-carbone to read more about Pvt. Carbone -- Navy Fireman 1st Class Elmer T. Kerestes, 22, of Holding Township, Minn., will be buried July 29 in Holdingford, Minn. Kerestes was assigned to the USS Oklahoma, which was moored off Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, when Japanese aircraft attacked his ship on Dec. 7, 1941. Kerestes was one of 429 crewmen killed in the attack. To read more about 1st Class Kerestes refer to http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/Article/1253927/uss-oklahoma-sailor-killed-during-world-war-ii-accounted-for-kerestes 
-- Navy Yeoman 3rd Class Edmund T. Ryan, 21, of Wilbraham, Mass., will be buried August 2 in Arlington National Cemetery, near Washington, D.C. Ryan was assigned to the USS Oklahoma, which was moored off Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, when Japanese aircraft attacked his ship on Dec. 7, 1941. Ryan was one of 429 crewmen killed in the attack. Refer to http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/Article/1258327/uss-oklahoma-sailor-killed-during-world-war-ii-accounted-for-ryan-e to read more about Yoeman Ryan -- Marine Reserve Pvt. Alberic M. Blanchette was assigned to Company K, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Division. Blanchette’s unit landed on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll on Nov. 20, 1943, against stiff Japanese resistance. Blanchette was killed on the first day of the battle. Interment services are pending. Refer to http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent-News-Stories/Article/1254415/marine-killed-during-world-war-ii-accounted-for-blanchette to read more about Pvt. Blanchette. 
[Source: http://www.dpaa.mil & http://www.thepatriotspage.com/Recovered.htm | July 15, 2017 ++] * VA * 
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