From: vva@vva2.talklist.com
To: vva@vva2.talklist.com
Subject: VVA: from a VFW bulletin.
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 14:11:53 -0500
5. Two MIAs Recovered: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced the identification of remains of two soldiers who had been missing in action since World War II and Korea. Being returned home for burial with full military honors are:
-- Army Pvt. John H. Klopp, 25, from New Orleans, La., was declared missing while fighting on Papua New Guinea on Dec. 5, 1942. He was assigned to the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division.
-- Army Sgt. 1st Class Dean D. Chaney, from Ohio, was declared missing while fighting in North Korea on Nov. 28, 1950. It would be later learned he had been captured, but died in a POW camp. He was assigned to Company K, 3rd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division.
Ken Riskedahl
Tupelo, MS.
Tupelo, MS.
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