Please note that the fifth of the eight MIAs was from Fayetteville WV. Not sure if there are other county connections here. Les DefenseLINK News: DOD News ----- Original Message ----- From: DoD News To: DODNEWS_HTML-L@DTIC.MIL Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 2:36 PM Subject: Soldiers Missing in Action from the Korean War Are Identified U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release On the Web: http://www.defenselink.mil/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=10243 Media contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132 Public contact: http://www.dod.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 +1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1222-06 December 01, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Soldiers Missing in Action from the Korean War Are Identified The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of eight U.S. servicemen, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and returned to their families for burial with full military honors. They are Master Sgt. Alfred H. Alonzo Sr., of Tampa, Fla.; Sgt. 1st Class Robert C. Bucheit, of Hamilton, Ohio; Sgt. Francis E. Lindsay, of Esther, Mo.; Cpl. Joseph Gregori, of West Pittston, Pa.; Cpl. Darrell W. Scarbrough, of Fayetteville, W.Va.; Cpl. Homer L. Sisk Jr., of Ducor, Calif.; Cpl. Charles E. Sizemore, of Rushville, Ind.; and Cpl. William E. Wood, of Moorhead, Minn.; all U.S. Army. Gregori was buried in August; Bucheit was buried in September; Scarbrough, Sisk and Sizemore were buried in October; Alonzo was buried in November; and Lindsay and Wood's burial dates are being set by their families. Representatives from the Army 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. The soldiers were assigned to the U.S. 8th Cavalry Regiment and attached units (1st Cavalry Division), when their unit came under attack by Chinese forces near Unsan, North Korea on the night of Nov. 1-2, 1950. During the battle, these eight and nearly 400 others from the 8th Cavalry Regiment were declared missing or killed in action. In 2000, a joint U.S. and Democratic People's Republic of Korea team, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), interviewed a farmer living in the vicinity of Unsan who told the team that while doing land reclamation work, he uncovered remains he believed were those of U.S. soldiers. The team excavated the burial site and uncovered the remains of at least 10 different individuals. They also recovered other items and identification tags belonging to these eight men. Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA and dental comparisons in the identification of the remains. Some of the remains could not be identified and will be held for further research and analysis. For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1169. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- News Releases: http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/ -- DoD News: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/dodnews.html -- Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/dodnews.html#e-mail -- Today in DoD: http://www.defenselink.mil/today/ -- U.S. Department of Defense Official Website - http://www.defenselink.mil/ -- U.S. Department of Defense News About the War on Terrorism - http://www.defendamerica.mil/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe lshockey@citynet.net from the list, please send an email to STATE-COORD-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: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.15.3/562 - Release Date: 12/1/2006 1:12 PM

Thank you!! On 12/2/06, Patricia A. Scott <legacy@comnett.net> wrote: > > Please note that the fifth of the eight MIAs was from Fayetteville > WV. Not sure if there are other county connections here. > > Les > > DefenseLINK News: DOD News > ----- Original Message ----- > From: DoD News > To: DODNEWS_HTML-L@DTIC.MIL > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 2:36 PM > Subject: Soldiers Missing in Action from the Korean War Are Identified > > > U.S. Department of Defense > Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) > News Release > > On the Web: > > http://www.defenselink.mil/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=10243 > Media contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132 Public contact: > http://www.dod.mil/faq/comment.html > or +1 (703) 428-0711 +1 > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1222-06 > > > December 01, 2006 > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Soldiers Missing in Action from the Korean War Are Identified > > > The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) > announced today that the remains of eight U.S. servicemen, missing in > action from the Korean War, have been identified and returned to > their families for burial with full military honors. > They are Master Sgt. Alfred H. Alonzo Sr., of Tampa, Fla.; > Sgt. 1st Class Robert C. Bucheit, of Hamilton, Ohio; Sgt. Francis E. > Lindsay, of Esther, Mo.; Cpl. Joseph Gregori, of West Pittston, Pa.; > Cpl. Darrell W. Scarbrough, of Fayetteville, W.Va.; Cpl. Homer L. > Sisk Jr., of Ducor, Calif.; Cpl. Charles E. Sizemore, of Rushville, > Ind.; and Cpl. William E. Wood, of Moorhead, Minn.; all U.S. Army. > Gregori was buried in August; Bucheit was buried in September; > Scarbrough, Sisk and Sizemore were buried in October; Alonzo was > buried in November; and Lindsay and Wood's burial dates are being set > by their families. > Representatives from the Army 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. > The soldiers were assigned to the U.S. 8th Cavalry Regiment > and attached units (1st Cavalry Division), when their unit came under > attack by Chinese forces near Unsan, North Korea on the night of Nov. > 1-2, 1950. During the battle, these eight and nearly 400 others from > the 8th Cavalry Regiment were declared missing or killed in action. > In 2000, a joint U.S. and Democratic People's Republic of > Korea team, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), > interviewed a farmer living in the vicinity of Unsan who told the > team that while doing land reclamation work, he uncovered remains he > believed were those of U.S. soldiers. > The team excavated the burial site and uncovered the remains > of at least 10 different individuals. They also recovered other items > and identification tags belonging to these eight men. > Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial > evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA > Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA and dental > comparisons in the identification of the remains. Some of the remains > could not be identified and will be held for further research and > analysis. > For additional information on the Defense Department's mission > to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO web site at > http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1169. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- News Releases: http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/ > -- DoD News: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/dodnews.html > -- Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://www.defenselink.mil/news/dodnews.html#e-mail > -- Today in DoD: http://www.defenselink.mil/today/ > > -- U.S. Department of Defense Official Website - > http://www.defenselink.mil/ > -- U.S. Department of Defense News About the War on Terrorism > - http://www.defendamerica.mil/ > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe lshockey@citynet.net from the list, please send an > email to STATE-COORD-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: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.15.3/562 - Release Date: > 12/1/2006 1:12 PM > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe fran.stewart@gmail.com from the list, please send an email > to WVGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >