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Yahoo
20-05-2025
- General
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Shawano native and U.S. Army Air Forces Private killed in World War II accounted for
SHAWANO, Wis. (WFRV) – A Shawano native and U.S. Army Air Forces Private who was killed in World War II has been accounted for, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced. While his Pvt. Herbert E. McLaughlin of Shawano was accounted for on December 17, 2024, the official release on Tuesday provided full details of Pvt. McLaughlin's account. Cellcom CEO address outage: 'We experienced a cyber incident' According to the release, Pvt. McLaughlin, 31 years old at the time, was assigned to Headquarters Squadron, 17th Air Group at Hickam Airfield on Oahu, Hawaii. After the Pearl Harbor bombings, Japanese aircraft targeted Hickam Field's aircraft, ships, barracks, supply buildings and the chapel over a four-hour attack. McLaughlin was one of the men reportedly killed during this attack. Afterwards, Navy personnel recovered the remains of those who died, placing them in the Schofield Barracks Cemetery on December 19, 1941. Members of the American Graves Registration Service removed the remains of American casualties from the Schofield Cemetery, taking them to the Central Identification Lab. At the time, officials could not confirm the identity of 12 men killed in the attack, and they were subsequently buried in Honolulu at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, commonly referred to as the 'Punchbowl'. A military board later classified the unidentified individuals as 'non-recoverable,' including Pvt McLaughlin. Recovery efforts for missing boater in Wisconsin temporarily suspended due to poor weather conditions In June 2019, the 12 unknown bodies were analyzed, along with circumstantial evidence. One of the bodies was then officially confirmed as Pvt. McLaughlin, whose name is recorded in the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. A rosette will be placed next to his name there, indicating that he's been accounted for. Pvt. McLaughlin will be buried in his hometown of Shawano at a date to be confirmed later. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
23-04-2025
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Korean War soldier from Colorado identified after 74 years
(TRINIDAD, Colo.) — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced on Wednesday, April 23, that a U.S. Army Sergeant from Colorado who was killed during the Korean War has been accounted for. U.S. Army Sgt. Orace J. Mestas, 22, from Trinidad, was accounted for on Jan. 31, 2024. Mestas' family recently received their full briefing on his identification, and additional details about Mestas' life have now been released. In 1951, Mestas was a member of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, and was reported missing in action near Chip'o-ri, North Korea, after his unit's position was attacked on April 25. According to DPAA, his remains could not be recovered due to intense fighting in the area, and on January 16, 1956, the U.S. Army determined him to be nonrecoverable. From May to June 1951, members of the 565th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company located and recovered four sets of remains from FSC-472-F battle space. Mestas could not be positively identified from the four remains, and was interred at the United Nations' temporary military base cemetery in Tanggok and was later transported to CIU-Kokura for potential identification. In 1955, remains Unknown X-1381 were reexamined but not identified. The remains were buried as unknown in the National Memorial Cemtery of the Pacific in Honolulu. In 2019, DPAA personnel disinterred Unknown X-1381 and sent the remains for analysis. DPAA scientists used dental and anthropological analysis, as well as chest radiograph and other circumstantial evidence to identify Mestas. Scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA analysis. Mestas' name is recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the Punchbowl, along with the others who are still missing from the Korean War. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for. Mestas will be buried in Trinidad in June 2025. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
