Remains of Wappinger Falls Airman Positively Identified 80 Years After Final Mission

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 24, 2025 – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), in partnership with Project Recover and other experts in the field, has announced that they have positively identified the remains of Staff Sergeant Eugene J. Darrigan who had been Missing In Action since World War II. The 26-year-old from Wappinger Falls, NY served as radio operator in a B-24 bomber named Heaven Can Wait that was shot down over a remote bay in Papua New Guinea on …

Major. Paul A. Avolese Repatriated Feature Image

MAJ Paul A. Avolese Repatriated

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MAJ Paul A. Avolese was accounted for by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Project Recover located his downed B-52 in 2020 and is honored to play a vital role in his repatriation. Project Recover humbly acknowledges MAJ Avolese’s service and sacrifice, as well as the enduring loss to his family. We are grateful and honored to play a vital role in bringing him home. The repatriation of Major Avolese and our MIAs helps resolve generational grief and awaken us to …

ACOM Otis E. Ingram Repatriated

ACOM Otis E. Ingram Repatriated

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ACOM Otis E. Ingram was accounted for by Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Project Recover located his downed TBM Avenger in 2016 and is honored to play a vital role in his repatriation. Project Recover humbly acknowledges ACOM Ingram’s service and sacrifice, as well as the enduring loss to his family. We are grateful and honored to play a vital role in bringing him home. The repatriation of ACOM Ingram helps resolve generational grief and awaken us to gratitude, hope, love, …

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ARM3c Walter E. Mintus Repatriated

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ARM3c Walter E. Mintus, 22, was accounted for by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Project Recover located his downed TBM Avenger in 2016 and is honored to play a vital role in his repatriation. Project Recover humbly acknowledges ARM3c Walter Mintus’ service and sacrifice, as well as the enduring loss to his family. We are grateful and honored to play a vital role in bringing him home. The repatriation of ARM3c Mintus helps resolve generational grief and awaken us to …

ARM2c Albert ‘Bud’ Rybarczyk Repatriated Feature Image

ARM2c Albert P. Rybarczyk Repatriated

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ARM2c Albert P. Rybarczyk, 21, was accounted for by Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency today. Project Recover located his downed TBM Avenger in March 2014 and is honored to play a vital role in his repatriation. Project Recover humbly acknowledges ARM2c Rybarczyk’s service and sacrifice, as well as the enduring loss to his family. We are grateful and honored to play a vital role in bringing him home. The repatriation of ARM2c Rybarcyzk helps resolve generational grief and awaken us to …

AOM2c Ora H. Sharninghouse, Jr. Repatriated

AOM2c Ora H. Sharninghouse, Jr, Repatriated

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AOM2c Ora H. Sharninghouse, Jr, 21, was accounted for today by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Project Recover located his downed TBM Avenger in March 2014 and is honored to play a vital role in his repatriation. Project Recover humbly acknowledges AOM2c Sharninghouse’s service and sacrifice, as well as the enduring loss to his family. We are grateful and honored to play a vital role in bringing him home. The repatriation of AOM2c Sharninghouse helps resolve generational grief and awaken …

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Lt. William Q. Punnell Repatriated

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Lt. William Q. Punnell, 27, was accounted for by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Project Recover located his downed F6F Hellcat in March 2014 and is honored to play a vital role in his repatriation. Project Recover humbly acknowledges Lt. Punnell’s service and sacrifice, as well as the enduring loss to his family. We are grateful and honored to play a vital role in bringing him home. The repatriation of Lt. Punnell helps resolve generational grief and awaken us to …

SSgt. Jimmie Doyle Repatriated Feature Image

SSgt. Jimmie Doyle Repatriated

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SSgt. Jimmie Doyle was accounted for by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Project Recover located his downed B-24 in January 2004 and is honored to play a vital role in his repatriation.  Project Recover humbly acknowledges SSgt. Doyle’s service and sacrifice, as well as the enduring loss to his family. We are grateful and honored to play a vital role in bringing him home. The repatriation of SSgt. Doyle helps resolve generational grief and awaken us to gratitude, hope, love, …

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SSgt. Earl E. Yoh Repatriated

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SSgt. Earl E. Yoh was accounted for by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Project Recover located his downed B-24 in January 2004 and is honored to play a vital role in his repatriation.  Project Recover humbly acknowledges SSgt. Yoh’s service and sacrifice, as well as the enduring loss to his family. We are grateful and honored to play a vital role in bringing him home. The repatriation of SSgt. Yoh helps resolve generational grief and awaken us to gratitude, hope, …