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Six MIA Virginians found this year
9/30/2024 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Remains of a half dozen MIA soldiers were recovered this year.
The Virginia War Memorial recently held its annual gold star ceremony, indicating that the remains of soldiers listed on its MIA wall had been found.
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Six MIA Virginians found this year
9/30/2024 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
The Virginia War Memorial recently held its annual gold star ceremony, indicating that the remains of soldiers listed on its MIA wall had been found.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipSPEAKER: Robert Wright Jr. BILLY SHIELDS: One by one, their names were called.
They were soldiers from Virginia who went missing in action.
SPEAKER: Mayburn Hudson.
BILLY SHIELDS: Six men who were lost in Korea, Europe and the Pacific.
One was a man of color.
SPEAKER: David Walker.
BILLY SHIELDS: Some were lost before an adult photo could be taken.
SPEAKE: Hubert Yeary.
BILLY SHIELDS: Others had no known photos at all.
SPEAKER: Harold D. Wilder.
BILLY SHIELDS: The remains of these soldiers were found over the past year in these far off places.
The Virginia War Memorial honored their memory on POW/MIA Day.
Their discoveries, the result of meticulous searching and lab testing in foreign countries.
It's almost an unprecedented number of recoveries.
CLAY MOUNTCASTLE: Just by circumstance, a large number of Virginians were identified in the past year.
And it's really a great day to be able to add six gold stars to our MIA wall and let our visitors know that those Virginians have been identified.
No longer are- and are no longer missing.
BILLY SHIELDS: There are more than 80,000 Americans currently listed as MIA.
About 1,200 of them are from Virginia.
Billy Shields, VPM News.
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