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POW/MIA Recognition Day 2003

Agency: Military and Veterans Affairs


PRESS RELEASE                                                                                                       September 17, 2003

 

POW/MIA Recognition Day

The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs will conduct a brief ceremony Friday, Sept. 19, at 1:00p.m., to mark National POW-MIA Recognition Day.  The event will be held at the State Capitol building on the first floor of the rotunda.  The public and media are invited to attend.

 

Defense officials search for families of Korean and Vietnam War MIAs

 

The remains of more than 700 American MIAs who fought in the Korean and Vietnam wars have been returned to the United States since 1992; and, although most of them have been identified, large numbers remain unidentified, according to the Department of Defense. With more remains anticipated, particularly from Korea, DoD is looking for help from families to identify them.

 

In the past year, three Michigan servicemen, lost in a single aircraft accident on January 11, 1968, have been returned to their families for burial. LT. j.g. Philip Stevens of Twin Lake and Petty Officers 2nd Class Donald Thoresen and Kenneth Widon of Detroit were lost along with six other crew members of a Navy OP-2E Neptune operating from Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base on a mission to drop sensors over Laos.

 

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office reports:

4,452 American military personnel remain missing from WW I

78,976 American military personnel remain missing from WW II

8,186 American military personnel remain missing from the Korean War,

1,883 American military personnel remain missing from the Vietnam War

165 American military personnel remain missing from the Cold War

 

In Michigan, there are still 365 MIAs from the Korean War; 61 from the Vietnam War; and four from the Cold War.

 

To aid in the identification process, the use of DNA from family members--especially on the maternal side--has been successful; but, continued efforts have been hampered as contact with family members is lost over time.

To continue the identification process, families of MIAs are encouraged to provide a DNA sample. 


The following list of Michigan service personnel declared missing during the Korean and Vietnam Wars was prepared by the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO):

 

ADKINS, VERNON E

PFC ALCORN, PHILLIP FREDERICK

ALEXANDER, MARVIN IRA

AMBEAU, DONALD FRANCIS

ANDERSON, DEWEY REX

ANDERSON, LARRY JOE

ANDERSON, WESLEY A

ANDRIDGE, HERBERT WENDELL JR

ANGEVINE, ROBERT H

ARDIS, HERBERT

BAILEY, CHARLES V

BARBER, WILLIAM A

BARNES, RAYMOND C

BARTON, DONALD J

BAULK, RICHARD EARL

HARRY RAYMOND

BEAN, HENRY HARRISON

BEARD, ROBERT NEWTON

BEASLEY, MORRIS F

BEDELL, NORMAN C

BELL, JAMES MARCELLA

BELLON, ARCHIE K

BERNINGER, JAMES A

BERRY, JAMES

BESEMER, ROBERT LAWRENCE

LESTER WAYMAN

BLATARIC, THOMAS J JR

BLOCK, KENNETH ROY

BLUHM, SHIRLEY KEITH

BOLUS, ELMER

BONNER, WILLIAM NELSON

BOOTH, ROBERT EUGENE

BOR, FELIX VINCENT

BORDEAU, ALFRED CHARLES

BOURQUE, LUCIEN J

BOYER, CHARLES EDWIN

BOYLAN, HUGH JOSEPH

BRENNEMAN, AUSTIN E

BREWER, HOWARD GERALD

BROCKWAY, EDWARD GLEN

BROWN, DAVID ORVILE

BROWNING, PHILIP WELLS

BRUNKE, ROBERT FRANK

BUCK, BILL E

DENNIS DANIEL

PETER JR

BUKU, EARL JOHN

BULLIS, MILTON T

BURROUGHS, KENDALL

BUSHROE, STERLING JOSEPH

CALDWELL, JOHN W JR

WILLIAM ALFRED

CARNES, HARRY ZANE

CARR, BALDWIN RONALD

CAVENDER, WILLIAM E

CECOT, ROBERT ADAM

CHALIFOUX, LAWRENCE FRANCIS

CLANTON, ROBERT W

CLANTON, WILBERT W

CLARK, HALLIE A JR

CLOUSE, BERNARD CLEO

CLOUTIER, ROBERT JAMES

COON, ELLIS

COOPER, JOSEPH

COOPER, SAMUEL (SAMMY) BUCK

COUNTS, ERNEST

COX, RICHARD GRAY

CUMMINGS, ROBERT ROY

DAILEY, RALPH JR

DAVIS, EDWARD H

DIEKMAN, HAROLD FREDERICK

DINGMAN, WILBERT I

DODGE, LAVERNE H

DONKERS, JOHNIE

DONOVAN, JOHN FRANCIS

DOUGLAS, TONY W

DOVE, LEROY J

DREON, ALBERT SHANNON JR

DRIVER, JAMES

DUBAY, ROBERT PETER

DULYEA, HAROLD B

EASTERDAY, CHARLES W

EDWARDS, COLEMAN

EFFA, GERALD H

ELLIOTT, JAMES HOMER

ENLOW, FRED L

EVANS, DUDLEY LEWIS

FERIEND, DAVID A

FISHER, DONOVAN LYNN

FOREMAN, RUSSELL JOHN

FRECHETTE, CHARLES J

FRENCH, HARTWICK T

FUQUA, ERNEST V JR

GACOBELLI, RUDOLPH

GAGE, KENNETH LEROY

GALLUP, CYRIL A

GARLAND, JAMES LOGAN

GARROW, LESLIE LEE

GIBB, ROBERT DUNCAN

GIBBONS, CARL REX

GILBERT, ROBERT G

GILLETTE, ROBERT LEE

GLOVER, PAUL R

GOIK, RONALD WAYNE

GORMAN, FRANK G JR

GOULDMAN, ALFRED V

GREEN, HAROLD LEROY

GRIFFIN, WILLIAM J

GRIFFORD, GEORGE PAUL

WILLIS FRANCIS

GROLEAU, ROBERT G

GUYN, THOMAS EDWARD

MACCA PETER

HARMON, JOHN

HARRIS, WAYNE EUGENE

HART, ALVIN DALE JR

HARTMAN, ALFRED B

HARTMAN, DAVID RAYMON

HATT, ELLSWORTH JR

HAYS, CURTIS G

HEARREN, RAYMOND L

HENDERSON, JA

HENDRICK, HAZEN CALVIN

HENDRICKS, CHARLES HOWARD

HERNDEN, JAMES WESLEY

HERRON, JESSIE EARL

HIGBEE, KENNETH J

HIGGINS, CHARLES JR

HIGGINS, WILLIAM KARR

HILL, JESSE DOUGLAS

HILL, LEWIS WILLIAM

HILL, MELVIN JALMER

HILL, NATHAN LOUIS

HILL, RICHARD EDWARD

HILLEN, JAMES WILLIAM

HILT, CARL GRAFTON

HOBSON, ROBERT W

HOFFMAN, THEODORE J

HOOD, JAMES JUNIOR

HOOGACKER, PHILIP T

HOWE, JACK DAVID

HUDSON, WILLIAM J

HUGHES, CHARLES C

HULBURT, GARY F

HUME, THOMAS ABBOTT

HUNT, DANIEL

HUTCHINS, AMOS R

HYNES, ROBERT EMMET

JACKSON, CLINTON H JR

JERRELL, LAWRENCE E

JOENS, JOHN EDWARD

JOHNSON, CLIFFORD R

JOHNSON, JACK WELDON

JONES, CAROL JOSEPH

KAUTMAN, FRANK M

KEMICK, RAYMOND

KIMBALL, DONALD JACK

KINCHELOW, WILLARD

KNAGGS, CLYDE E

KNICKERBOCKER, MELVIN

KOWALKO, EDWARD MICHAEL

KURTS, ARTHUR ROY

KWIATKOWSKI, RICHARD

LA BARGE, DONALD EARL

LA FOREST, DON MAURICE

LAESSIG, KENNETH F

LAGONI, DITLEF JOSEPH

LAWLER, CHARLES STANLEY

LAWRENCE, IRVIN GEORGE

LEBIODA, RICHARD S

LEE, JAMES FRANKLYN

LEIBY, DEWEY JR

LEITCH, EUGENE L

LEIVISKA, ARTHUR W

LENNOX, RICHARD NEAL

LESNIEWSKI, FRANK

LEVITSKI, WALTER JOHN

LEWIS, DAVIS

LINDLEY, ALFRED B

LININGER, EDGAR M

LINTON, ROBERT JAMES

LLOYD, BRUCE BOWEN

LOVELL, THOMAS D

LOWE, JACK C

LOWERY, ROBERT L

LUFT, WALTER L

MACKEAN, WILLIAM A

MACLEAN, ALLAN DUART

MACLEOD, BILLY MILES

MADOSH, HUBERT ALEXANDER

MALLETT, ROBERT ALFRED

MARTIN, CHARLES R

MARTIN, GERALD FRANCIS

MATHER, CLAVIS CLAIR

MATHUS, HENRY DELBERT

MAY, CHARLES WILLIAM

MCBRIAN, CHARLES JR

MCCALL, JULIUS J

MCCARTHY, GORDON D

MCCLELLAN, DONALD E

MCCOMB, RONALD J

MCGINNIS, DONALD

MCGOWAN, DONALD JR

MCGUFFIN, JAMES LEROY

MCKENZIE, MARION DEWEY

MCKIE, HARRY A

MCKNIGHT, ARTHUR LEE

MCLAURIN, HAROLD JAMES

MCLEOD, JOHN JOSEPH

MCMANAMAN, BERNARD

MCNAMARA, GEORGE W

MCNARY, WALTER DAVID

MCPHERSON, CHARLES W

MEMMER, DONALD J

MERCER, ROBERT ALLEN

METIVA, DANIEL GORDON

METTERT, RAYMOND E

MEYER, JAMES EDWARD

MILLER, JAMES LEWIS

MILLER, PAUL LUTHER

MILLER, RONALD RAY

MILLER, THOMAS F

MILLS, LAWRENCE W

MOLAR, LOUE J

MONROE, FRED B

MONTIE, MELVIN M

MORTON, JAMES AMIL

MUELLER, LESTER CLARENCE

MULHOLLAND, WAYNE EDWARD

MULLINS, KENNETH

MURDOCK, HEROLD F

MURSCH, HAROLD DAVID

MUSETTI, DANIEL LORENZ

MUSSER, ALVIN DAVID

MYERS, RAYMOND JR

NELMS, TENDELL R JR

NELSON, CHARLES T

NICHOLAS, ROBERT LEE

NITZ, DONALD GUSTAVE

NIXON, JUNIOR JOSEPH

NOBLE, DONALD A

NOEL, ROBERT LEO

NORTON, ROBERT DONALD

O'BRIEN, RAYMO

O'DEA, LAURENCE

O'MEARA, JAMES JOSEPH JR

OLMAN, EDWARD CHARLES

OSOSKI, EDMUND JAMES

OSTROWSKI, THEODORE

PAIGE, BILLY JOE

PARKER, KENNETH W

PARKS, JAMES HARMON

PASHNEE, JAMES S

PEARO, GERALD P

PEKKALA, JOHN H

PERRY, EDWARD FREDRIN

PERRY, WILLIAM S JR

PETERMAN, HERBERT D

PETERSEN, CLARENCE A

PETLUK, NICHOLAS A

PHELPS, DONALD RAYMOND

PIXLEY, GEORGE A

PLESHEK, ROGER W

POLKA, FRANCIS

POUND, JOHN EUGENE

POWERS, FRANK LESTER

PRATT, CHARLES WILLIAM

RAMOS, FRED M

RARICK, ROLAN DEANE

RATTER, LEONARD

RAUSCH, CHARLES L

REED, RAY W

REITSMA, DONALD RAY

RIDDLE, JAMES A

ROBERTS, IVAN

RODEISCHAK, BILLIE J

RODRIGUEZ, EMILIO C

ROHR, PAUL LEANDER

ROOT, LEO R

ROSE, WILLIAM WILBUR

ROULEAO, ERNEST RIGES

RULIK, LESTER RUDOLPH

RUPP, WALDEMAR FREDERICK

RUSK, RICHARD GEORGE LEROY

SCHANCK, RUSSELL DARWIN

SCHATZ, CHARLES EDWARD JR

SCHOLTEN, DONALD E

SCOTT, A V

SCOTT, ROBERT W

SEDLOW, DONALD G

SEESE, ROBERT LESTER

SHAW, CHARLES WADE

SHEETS, JOHN EDWARD

SHELEMBA, JOHN ALBERT

SIMMONS, JAMES ROBERT

SIMPSON, RICHARD HAROLD

SMILEY, PAUL ARTHUR

SMITH, CHARLES BLAINE JR

SMITH, JAMES MARVIN

SMITH, THOMAS A

ELMER LOUIS

SNEED, WILLIAM C

SOCHA, ERNEST T

SPECHT, WILFORD GEORGE

SPRINGBORN, ROBERT W

STANKUS, FRANK K

STANLEY, LEE ROY

STEELE, ROBERT COULTAS

STEWART, ROBERT E

SULLIVAN, CHARLES P

SUMMERS, EDDIE C

SWINFORD, DUANE ADELBERT

TAYLOR, DEAN E

TAYLOR, NORMAN JAMES

TENORIO, RAMON BORJA

TERRY, ROBERT WILMER

THIBERT, ALLEN GEORGE

THOMAS, GERALD

THOMPSON, JOHN ELDON

THOMSON, THOMAS LYON JR

TIJERINA, ANTONIO D

TOBIN, WALTER HENRY JR

TOLER, ROBERT S

TOMASZEWSKI, WACLAW

TOOHEY, JOSEPH RONALD

TREESTER, JAMES LEE

TROMBLY, ALVA FERE JR

TROMPICS, WILLIAM BERNARD

TUCKER, EARL JR

TURNEY, WALDO W

TYLER, CHARLES E

VAN SICKLE, FRANK LOUIS JR

VAN WYK, CLAYTON EARL

VETOWICH, DONALD HENRY

VINK, LAWRENCE E

VOIGHT, EDWARD FREDERICK

VOLKMAN, FRED WILLIAM

VOORHEES, VICTOR G

WAKEFIELD, JOSEPH WILLIAM

WALLACE, PENDLETON W

WALLS, MAX EDWARD

WALTERS, DALE E

WARREN, JACK WILLIAM

WAX, ROBERT ISAAC

WEARY, N D

WEGRZYN, CHESTER J

WELCH, JAMES LOWELL

WELLS, CURTIS JAMES

WEST, CLARENCE EDWARD

WHEELER, WILLIAM 

WHITE, FRANKLIN HAROLD

WHITE, WILLIAM FREDERICK

WILKOWSKI, LOUIS V

WILLIAMS, ALBERT

WILLIAMS, EZRA

WILLIAMS, MCKINLEY

WILLIAMS, WILLARD F

WILSON, RICHARD LOUIS

WOOD, KENNETH EDWARD

WRIGHT, CHESTER A

WRIGHT, DALE W

YOCKEY, WALTER ERNEST

YORK, CLEBRON M

YOUNG, THOMAS

YUHASZ, TONY FRED

ZDYBEL, JOHN JOSEPH

ZEMPEL, MARVIN H

ZOLLER, JACK R

 

For more information contact the appropriate branch of service:

 

Army            1-800-892-2490

Air Force       1-800-531-5501

Navy             1-800-443-9298

Marine Corps 1-800-847-1597

 

For further information about the listed POW/MIAs, updates to the list, and other official missing personnel data lists visit http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo.  The DoD DNA Registry Web site can be found at http://www.afip.org/Departments/oafme/dna/afdil.html.

-END-

 

For more information, please contact Hugh Hess at (517) 241-2770.

 

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