Through new DNA techniques, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has been able to sort through remains that were long considered unidentifiable.
U.S. Navy pallbearers carry the casket of World War II veteran Keith Tipsword on Nov. 15, 2022, at Moccasin Cemetery in downstate Moccasin. Tipsword was 22 when he died in the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor.
“My mom said their mother always had an expectation the door would open and Keith would be there,” Sapp said. “She never thought he wouldn’t come home. Well, now he finally has.”With his burial in November, Tipsword is among dozens of Pearl Harbor veterans who have been identified and brought home to be reburied with loved ones. Through new DNA techniques, thehas been able to sort through remains that were long considered unidentifiable.
In 2015, the federal government began matching the remains to DNA from family members of service members who were missing or killed in action. The program has identified hundreds of missing service members from around the world who served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Tipsword’s family lived in tiny Moccasin in Effingham County. Their house was just a mile from the cemetery, but is long gone, with only a silo remaining. The family still has a salt-and-pepper shaker set that Tipsword made aboard his ship and brought home to his mother while visiting.
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