hopes that with the advances in technology in recent years, especially DNA analysis, it will be possible to identify the remains, said DPAA spokesperson Lt. Col. Melinda Morgan, reports the Associated Press. They plan to start work in around three to six weeks and will continue for the next five years.
Date: Apr 15, 2015
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Military to exhume the remains of 429 Marines who died in the Pearl Harbor ...
knowns and now 70 years after, the Pentagon has advised the military to exhume and identify these unknowns because of new advances in forensic science and technology as well as genealogical samples from living relatives, said Lt. Col. Melinda Morgan, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency spokeswoman.
Lt. Col. Melinda Morgan, a Pentagon spokesperson said, "We are going to start with the USS Oklahoma, but we will also be looking at other unknown graves and determining whether they are eligible for in the future."
Date: Apr 15, 2015
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Pentagon Plans to Identify Hundreds Killed in Pearl Harbor
The military is acting now, more than 70 years after the men died, because advances in forensic science and technology as well as genealogical help from family members have made it possible to identify more remains, said Lt. Col. Melinda Morgan, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency spokeswoman.
Date: Apr 14, 2015
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Remains of unidentified Pearl Harbor dead to be disinterred
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency spokeswoman Lt. Col. Melinda Morgan says officials plan to begin the disinterment in three to six weeks. Many remains were comingled when buried, so the agency will be removing 61 caskets from 45 grave sites.
Date: Apr 14, 2015
Category: World
Source: Google
Remains of WWII airman from NY identified in South Pacific
through DNA testing. Lt. Col. Melinda Morgan said none of the other bone fragments found at the crash site has been identified as Pollard's. They are included in a separate set of group remains believed to be those of Pollard and Licari that will be buried later, likely at Arlington National Cemetery.
e deputy assistant attorney general for human resources and administration, Mari Barr Santangelo, made efforts to secure jobs in the department for Horkan's son and niece. Melinda Morgan, the management division's finance staff director, engaged in misconduct by appointing Horkan's son, the IG said.
research company she co-founded and still partially owns. The Pentagon's Office of Inspector General (OIG) is currently investigating that deal. However, Lt. Col. Melinda Morgan, a spokesperson for the Office of the Secretary of Defense claimed Dugan's exit "is not related to an OIG investigation."