This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RIP_09 Surnames: Rogers Classification: death Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.rogers/10398/mb.ashx Message Board Post: On the Web: http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=12459 IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 052-09 January 23, 2009 Missing WWII Soldiers are Identified The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of two U.S. servicemen, missing from World War II, have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors. They are Pfc. Julian H. Rogers, of Bloomington, Ind, and . . . Both men were U.S. Army. Rogers will be buried in the spring in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C., and . . .will be buried on May 30 in Kansas City, Mo. Representatives from the Army's Mortuary Office 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 November 1944, the 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, was attacking east through the Hürtgen Forest in an attempt to capture the German towns of Vossenack and Schmidt. On Nov. 4, the Germans counterattacked in what would become one of the longest running battles in U.S. history. Rogers and . . . , both members of G Company, 112th Infantry Regiment, were reported killed in action near Vossenack on Nov. 4. Their bodies were not recovered. In 2007, a German citizen searching for wartime relics in the Hürtgen Forest uncovered human remains and military identification tags for Rogers and Marquez. He notified U.S. officials and a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) team excavated the site later that year. The team recovered human remains and non-biological material. (see link for complete release) 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.