Which county was it Harold, Washington or Franklin County?. Your last email said Franklin County. Now it is Washington County. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <ARWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 4:47 PM Subject: [ARWASHIN] POW,MIA Korean War. Washington Co. COLLINSWORTH > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: powmiadna > Surnames: Collinsworth > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.washington/5542/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I am searching for the family of a soldier who was killed in the Korea > War. When he entered service he gave Washington County, Arkansas as his > home of record. > > Soldier: MARION COLLINSWORTH > Born: Feb. 7 , 1929 > Date of loss: July 16, 1950. MIA > > When the Korean War ended the enemy never returned or accounted for over > 8,000 of our servicemen. They died in their hands. That was over 50 years > ago. Since that time DNA has been perfected and also they are recovering > remains in North Korea. Our government is obligated to return those > remains to the proper family. DNA samples have been obtained from most of > the families of these missing soldiers. For various reasons some families > have not been located. There are 17 families in Arkansas that have not > been located. There is one family from Washington County that has not been > located. > > When the remains are recovered and identified they will be returned to the > family for proper burial. I am just an old (76 years) Combat Veteran out > of the Korean War and thankful that I did return. I consider this a very > noble cause and I hope that you can help in some way to find this family. > For more information on the project you may go to > http://www.jpac.pacom.mil/. My part in the program is to match up the lost > families with the proper agency. > > I will be grateful for any assistance in locating this family. > > Harold Davis > 40th Infantry Division > Korea '52-'53 > 910-791-2333 > hgdavis@bellsouth.net > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ARWASHIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.1/889 - Release Date: 7/6/2007 > 8:00 PM > >