Towne Post Network

Top Menu

  • Indiana
    • Avon
    • Broad Ripple
    • Brownsburg
    • Carmel Magazine
    • Center Grove
    • Fishers
    • Geist
    • Greenwood
    • Kokomo
    • Noblesville
    • Plainfield
    • Westfield
    • Zionsville Magazine
    • Lakes Region
  • Kentucky
    • Jeffersontown
    • Middletown
    • St. Matthews

Main Menu

  • View Magazines
  • Franchise Info
  • Advertising
    • Avon Magazine
    • Brownsburg Magazine
    • Carmel Magazine
    • Center Grove Magazine
    • Fishers Magazine
    • Geist Magazine
    • Greenwood Magazine
    • Kokomo Magazine
    • Noblesville Magazine
    • Plainfield Magazine
    • Westfield Magazine
    • Zionsville Magazine
    • The Lakes Magazine
  • Subscriptions
  • Contact Us
    • Framing
    • Townies Local App
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Service
  • Indiana
    • Avon
    • Broad Ripple
    • Brownsburg
    • Carmel Magazine
    • Center Grove
    • Fishers
    • Geist
    • Greenwood
    • Kokomo
    • Noblesville
    • Plainfield
    • Westfield
    • Zionsville Magazine
    • Lakes Region
  • Kentucky
    • Jeffersontown
    • Middletown
    • St. Matthews

logo

Towne Post Network

  • View Magazines
  • Franchise Info
  • Advertising
    • Avon Magazine
    • Brownsburg Magazine
    • Carmel Magazine
    • Center Grove Magazine
    • Fishers Magazine
    • Geist Magazine
    • Greenwood Magazine
    • Kokomo Magazine
    • Noblesville Magazine
    • Plainfield Magazine
    • Westfield Magazine
    • Zionsville Magazine
    • The Lakes Magazine
  • Subscriptions
  • Contact Us
    • Framing
    • Townies Local App
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Service
  • Avon Town Council Approves $24M Budget For 2020

  • Move It!

  • The More You Know

  • Hamilton County Schools Onboard PREPaRE Curriculum

  • Walking in a Winter Wonderland

  • Aurelio’s Pizza a Hit with Fishers Families

  • Fishers Holiday Farmers’ Market Returns With 25 Vendors

  • In the Spirit of Giving

  • Coats for Kids

  • Clear Bra Indy

  • Purposity

  • Peterson’s Celebrates 20 Years As One of Indy’s Premier, Family-Owned Steakhouses

  • The Truth About Cigarettes, E-Cigs, Vapes and JUULS

  • Pratt’s Floor Covering

  • Marshall County Council on Aging Enhances Seniors’ Lives

  • Middletown Lions Club Nears 50 Years of Serving the Community

Center GroveGreenwood
Home›Indiana›Center Grove›DNA Samples Needed for MIA Identifications

DNA Samples Needed for MIA Identifications

By Austin Vance
May 10, 2015
101
0
Share:

More than 6,300 families need to be located in order to collect DNA samples to identify missing soldiers from World War II and the wars in Korea and Vietnam. There are 83,000 missing and unaccounted for Americans from World War II forward, yet many families of the missing have yet to provide a family reference sample to assist in DNA identifications.

The military maintains a database of mitochondrial DNA samples from family members of missing-in-action soldiers in the Armed Forces DNA Identification Lab, according to Army Lt. Col. Julius Smith, chief of past conflict repatriation for Army Casualty and Mortuary Affairs.

Currently, 89 percent of Korean War families have provided samples, as well as 83 percent of Cold War families and 81 percent of Vietnam War families, but only 4 percent of WWII families have. The government last year identified 107 MIAs, but more could have been identified—and faster—if more family reference samples were on file.

If you have any information available, you can contact one of the numbers below or contact Quartermaster Steve Milbourn at Greenwood Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5864 at 317-525-7291 or steve.milbourn@aol.com.

CenterGrove_May_2015.indd

TagsDNA samplesMIAsmissingQuartermaster Steve MilbournWorld War II
Previous Article

Love in Roses

Next Article

Hope OVERcoming Heroin

0
Shares
  • 0
  • +
  • 0
  • 0

Austin Vance

Related articles More from author

  • Broad Ripple

    WWII Historian Dick Osborne

    May 4, 2015
    By Kara Kavensky
  • Avon

    A Day of Honor & Remembrance

    September 1, 2017
    By Christy Heitger-Ewing
  • Noblesville

    Eddie Mode Reflects on a Lifetime of Witnessing History

    November 7, 2014
    By Austin Vance
  • Broad Ripple

    WWII Roundtable: Preserving Indiana’s Military History

    November 11, 2014
    By Kara Kavensky
  • Broad Ripple

    A Racing Legend

    April 29, 2019
    By Valerie Randall
  • FishersGeist

    Remembering Dad

    October 29, 2019
    By Kara Kavensky

Leave a reply Cancel reply

0

Local Communities

  • Indiana
    • Avon
    • Broad Ripple
    • Brownsburg
    • Carmel Magazine
    • Center Grove
    • Fishers
    • Geist
    • Greenwood
    • Kokomo
    • Noblesville
    • Plainfield
    • Westfield
    • Zionsville Magazine
    • Lakes Region
  • Kentucky
    • Jeffersontown
    • Middletown
    • St. Matthews

Proud Member

IFA member logo

Text Us

Support Our Sponsors

Copyright 2019 TownePost Network, Inc. - Franchise opportunities available in most states.