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Surnames: WAGNER, ESTES
Classification: queries
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I am searching for the families of 2 soldiers that were POW/KIA in the Korean War. When
they entered service they gave White County, Indiana as thier home of record
Soldier: GENE LEWIS WAGNER
Born: August 30, 1931, Caucasian
Date of loss; July 16, 1950, POW
Soldier; ROBERT VERNON ESTES
Born; March 27, 1931, Caucasian
Date of loss; November 30, 1950, POW
When the Korean War ended the enemy never returned or accounted for over 8,000 of our
servicemen. They died in their hands. That was over 50 years ago. Since that time DNA has
been perfected and also they are recovering remains in North Korea. Our government is
obligated to return those remains to the proper family. DNA samples have been obtained
from most of the families of these missing soldiers. For various reasons some families
have not been located. These are 70 families from Indiana that are missing and 2 from
White County.
When the remains are recovered and identified they will be returned to the family for
proper burial. I am just an old (76 years) Combat Veteran out of the Korean War and
thankful that I did return. I consider this a very noble cause and I hope that you can
help in some way to find this family. For more information on the project you may go to
http://www.jpac.pacom.mil/. My part in the program is to match up the lost families with
the proper agency.
I will be grateful for any assistance in locating this family.
Harold Davis
40th Infantry Division
Korea '52-'53
910-791-2333
hgdavis(a)bellsouth.net