Advanced technology helps families find, bury their relatives killed during wars
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(Tribune News Service) With Memorial Day on our doorstep, more and more military families are able to find some closure in burying their loved ones throughout the country thanks to advancements in technology and science that are leading a record number of unknown soldiers being identified.
“I wouldn’t say it allows for comfort or peace, but it allows a family to clear a hurdle and start the grieving process,” said Chuck Weber, president of the Butler County Veterans Board. “When a loved one is missing and not identified their family is missing a whole step in the grieving process.”
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World War II Remains of Hamilton Man Identified
Later this year, Army Private Wayne M. Evans will be coming home. Evans died in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) conclusively identified his remains last year.
According to a news release from the DPAA, Evans was a 21-year-old Army Private with Battery G, 59th Coast Artillery Regiment, in the Philippine Islands when the surrender of the Bataan Peninsula to Japanese forces happened in April, 1942. He was held at the Cabanatuan POW camp until his death July 19,1942, according to research from the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS). His body was buried with others in what is known as Common Grave 312. Over 2,500 U.S. and Filipino prisoners died in that camp.