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-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dusty Gres Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 8:33 AM To: 'Librarians Serving Genealogists' Subject: [Genealib] [REFSHARE-L] FW: Servicemembers Missing From WWII NowListed InElectronic Database Dusty Gres, Director Ohoopee Regional Library System Hdq: Vidalia-Toombs County Library 610 Jackson Street Vidalia, GA 30474 PH: (912) 537-9283 FAX: (912) 537-3735 EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB: http://www.ohoopeelibrary.org - -----Original Message----- From: Discussion of Government Document Issues [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 8:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Servicemembers Missing From WWII Now Listed In Electronic Database DATABASES : HISTORY: WORLD WAR II : UNITED STATES: MILITARY: SOLDIERS: Servicemembers Missing From WWII Now Listed In Electronic Database U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release Servicemembers Missing From WWII Now Listed In Electronic Database <http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=10965> Servicemembers Missing From WWII Now Listed In Electronic Database The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that an electronic database listing the names of servicemembers still unaccounted for from World War II is now available for family members and researchers. This new listing will aid researchers and analysts in WWII remains recovery operations. Prior to this three-year effort, no comprehensive list of those missing from WWII has existed. This database, listing nearly 78,000 names, was compiled by researchers from DPMO and the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command. They used hard-copy sources including The American Graves Registration Service Rosters of Military Personnel Whose Remains were not Recovered from the National Archives II repository in College Park, Md., and The World War II Rosters of the Dead. Once transferred into electronic formats, they used computer programs to compare the two lists and determined possible discrepancies among the entries. These differences were then resolved using additional sources from the National Archives and thousands of personnel files from the Washington National Records Center. After more than three years of research and coordination to transfer information into an electronic format, efforts to gather more data on unaccounted-for WWII servicemembers continue. New names and information will be added as historical documents and personnel files are located. The names of servicemen whose remains are recovered and identified in the future will be removed as families accept the identification and inter their loved ones in cemeteries of their choice. This WWII database, along with databases listing the missing from the Korean War, Cold War, Vietnam War and Gulf War, are available on DPMOs Web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo For additional information on the Defense Departments mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO Web site or call (703) 699-1169 World War II <http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/worldwarii.htm> WORLD WAR II History Fact Sheets MIA List 60th Anniversary Service Personnel Not Recovered Following World War II <http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/WWII_MIA/INDEX.HTM> The list of unrecovered service personnel from WWII was compiled using two historical sources: Rosters of Military Personnel Whose Remains Were Not Recovered, 1951-54; American Graves Registration Service, 1954, Record Group 92, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD. The World War II Rosters of the Dead (All Services): Department of the Army Microfiche Reference No. 601-07; 1 May 1983; Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command. Entries on this website were created by corroborating names and service numbers appearing in both sources. In cases where discrepancies appeared in the spelling of a name or other detail, researchers employed a third source relevant to the service person's branch of service to resolve the discrepancy. Buried at Sea Personnel are not enumerated in this table. To view the Buried at Sea Personnel click on the button below. [on the web page linked above.] /> _______________________________________________ genealib mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.acomp.usf.edu/mailman/listinfo/genealib
