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- Maj. Louis F. Guillermin Korea
- Robert J. Tait
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- Robert G. Fenstermacher
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Vietnam The DPMO announced 30 SEP that the remains of two U.S. servicemen, missing from the Vietnam War, have been accounted for and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors. U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Robert E. Pietsch, 31, of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Maj. Louis F. Guillermin, 25, of West Chester, Pa., will be buried as a group Oct. 16, in a single casket representing the two servicemen at Arlington National Cemetery, near Washington, D.C. Guillermin’s individual remains will be buried Oct. 5, 2013, in Broomall, Pa. On April 30, 1968, Guillermin and Pietsch were on an armed-reconnaissance mission when their A-26A Invader aircraft crashed in Savannakhet Province, Laos. Witnesses saw an explosion on the ground and did not see any signs of survivors. Search and rescue efforts were unsuccessful, and Guillermin and Pietsch were listed as Missing in Action. In 1994, a joint U.S./Lao People’s Democratic Republic (LPDR) team, lead by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), surveyed the crash site in Savannakhet Province, Laos. The team recovered human remains and evidence, but was unable to fully survey the site due to the presence of dangerous unexploded ordinance. In 2006, joint U.S./LPDR teams assisted by Explosive Ordnance Disposal personnel cleared the site and gathered additional human remains and evidence such as personal effects and crew-related equipment. The remains recovered were analyzed by scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory using circumstantial evidence and forensic analysis such as mtDNA comparisons. Portions of the remains were individually identified as Guillermin through an mtDNA match from a hair sample from Guillermin’s medical file. The rest of the remains recovered were not individually identified, but correspond to both Pietsch and Guillermin. 
Maj. Louis F. Guillermin Korea The DPMO announced 30 SEP that the remains a of U.S. servicemen, missing from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Army Cpl. Harold A. Evans, 22, of Linsell, Minn., will be buried Oct. 12, in Thief River Falls, Minn. In late 1950, Evans was a member of the Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 31st Regimental Combat Team, which was deployed east of the Chosin Reservoir near Sinhung-ri, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea. After engaging in a battle with enemy forces east of the Chosin Reservoir, members of the 31st RCT, historically known as Task Force Faith, began a fighting withdrawal to a more defensible position. Following the battle, Evans was reported missing on Dec. 12, 1950. Between 1991 and 1994, North Korea gave the United States 208 boxes of human remains believed to contain the remains of 350 - 400 U.S. servicemen. North Korean documents, turned over with some of the boxes, indicated that some of the remains were recovered from the area where Evans was believed to have died in 1950, near the Chosin Reservoir. To identify Evans’ remains, scientists from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory used circumstantial evidence and forensic identification tools, such as dental comparison, radiograph comparisons and DNA analysis. Two forms of DNA were used to identify Evans, Mitochondrial DNA, which matched his sister, and Y-STR DNA, which matched his brother. Today, more than 7,900 Americans remain unaccounted for from the Korean War. Using modern technology, identifications continue to be made from remains that were previously turned over by North Korean officials. The DPMO announced 30 SEP that the remains of a U.S. servicemen, missing from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Army Cpl. Robert J. Tait, 19, of Bar Harbor, Maine, will be buried Oct. 5, in his hometown. In late 1950, Tait a member of the Headquarters Battery, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 31st Regimental Combat Team, engaged in a battle with enemy forces east of the Chosin Reservoir, in North Korea. As the battle continued, the 31st RCT, known historically as Task Force Faith, began a fighting withdrawal to a more defensible position. Following the battle, Tait was reported missing on Dec. 6, 1950. In August 1953, returning U.S. soldiers reported that Tait had been captured on Dec. 2, 1950, and died shortly afterward due to lack of medical care and malnutrition. His remains were not among those returned by the Communist Forces during Operation Glory in 1954. Between 1991 and 1994, North Korea gave the United States 208 boxes of human remains believed to contain the remains of 350 - 400 U.S. servicemen. North Korean documents, turned over with some of the boxes, indicated that some of the remains were recovered from the area where Tait was believed to have died in 1950, near the Chosin Reservoir. Between 1990 and 2000, teams from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, (JPAC) excavated and recovered human remains near the Chosin Reservoir. Some of those remains are also associated with Tait. The remains were repatriated and taken to JPAC’s laboratory in Hawaii for analysis. To identify Tait’s remains, scientists from the JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory used circumstantial evidence and forensic identification tools, such as dental comparison, and DNA. Three forms of DNA were used to identify Tait’s remains – Mitochondrial DNA, which matched his sister, Y-STR and auSTR DNA. World War II The DPMO announced 11 OCT that two U.S. Marines missing in action from World War II, have been accounted for and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors. Marine Corps Capt. Henry S. White, 23, of Kansas City, Mo., and Staff Sgt. Thomas L. Meek, 19, of Lisbon, La. On July 21, 1943, White and Meek were crewmembers aboard an SBD-4 Dauntless dive-bomber that departed Turtle Bay Airfield on Espiritu Santo Island, New Hebrides, on a night training mission and failed to return. The aircraft reportedly crashed into a coral cliff on nearby Mavea Island. A September 1947 investigation of the crash site recovered no remains. In 2012, a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command team excavated the site and did recover remains and non-biological evidence that correlated circumstantially to White and Meek. Since no individual identification was possible, both will be buried in a single casket on Oct. 18 at Arlington National Cemetery. The DPMO announced 11 OCT that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, from World War II, have been identified and are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Army Air Force 1st Lt. Robert G. Fenstermacher, 23, of Scranton, Pa. On Dec. 26, 1944, Fenstermacher was piloting a P-47D Thunderbolt on an armed-reconnaissance mission when his aircraft crashed near Petergensfeld, Belgium. An American officer witnessed the crash and was able to recover Fenstermacher's identification tags from the burning wreckage, but no remains or aircraft wreckage were recovered at the time. In 2012, a group of local historians excavating a private yard recovered human remains and aircraft wreckage consistent with a P-47D, which were turned over to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command. He is scheduled to be buried on Oct. 18 in his hometown. [Source: http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/news/news_releases/ Sep 2013 ++] ********************************* WWII Pre-War Events ► Nazi Radio Exhibition Booth 1932 
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