Maupins Confirm D-N-A is from Body of Son, Missing Soldier Matt Maupin

http://www.fox19.com/global/story.asp?s=8091139 ^ | March 30, 2008 | fox 19

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

(UNION TOWNSHIP, OH) -- Keith Maupin confirmed this afternoon that the remains of his son, Matt Maupin, have been identified by the army in Iraq.

In a statement Keith said "We are proud of the continued efforts of the military and the army to return Matt to us. We must now work on efforts to return Matt.'

"Please keep the military and our family in your prayers."

Carolyn Maupin, Matt's mother said, "Thanks to everyone for their prayers and continued strength of the family."

"It hurts after four years of hope and this is what happens it is like a let down for me and I'm trying to get thru that right now."

"Pray. This is going to be very difficult and stay by our side in support."

Keith says that the family was informed this afternoon about 1p-m by a three star general. The body was identified by the D-N-A remains.

[Eagles6]

Just damn! Prayers for Sgt. Maupin and his loved ones.

[Bahbah]

What can one say.

Some finality for the family, knowing Matt has gone to his eternal rest.

A loss for them and for his country. Our eternal gratitude, Matt Maupin.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

Name: Keith "Matt" Maupin
Branch/Rank: U.S. Army Reserves / Pfc  Spec Sgt
Unit: Army Reserves 724th Transportation Company, Bartonville, Ill
Date of Birth/Age: 20
Home City of Record: Batavia, OH
Date of Loss: April 9, 2004
Country of Loss: Iraq
Original Status: Duty Status Where-A-Bouts Unknown

April 19, 2004  - ARMY Changes Status to MISSING CAPTURED
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Ground
Other Personnel in Incident: Six other Kellogg, Brown & Root employees;  Thomas Hamill; Sgt. Elmer C. Krause

Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews, FOX NEWS online, MSNBC News online, CNN News online. Updated April 2005.  

Synopsis: The U.S. military said two American soldiers and seven employees of U.S. contractor Kellogg, Brown & Root were missing after their convoy was ambushed Friday, April 9,  near Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad.

Only one, Thomas Hamill, a 43-year-old truck driver from Macon, Miss., was previously known to have been abducted. His captors have threatened to kill and mutilate him unless U.S. troops ended their assault on the city of Fallujah. The deadline passed Sunday with no word on his fate.New videotape aired on Friday on Al-Jazeera which broadcast a video which showed a young man wearing camouflage and a floppy desert hat. He was sitting on the floor. He was surrounded by five gunmen, their faces covered by scarves. The U.S. Army soldier identified himself as "Pfc. Keith Matthew Maupin."

Maupin joined the Army Reserves to help pay for college. His mother, Carolyn, headed a local support group for military moms. A brother had just completed his Marine basic training.

I am married with a 10-month-old child,” said the man, who frequently looked down, as if reading words on a piece of paper. “I came to liberate Iraq, but I did not come willingly because I wanted to stay with my child.”

Sgt. Elmer C. Krause, 40, of Greensboro, N.C., and Pfc. Keith "Matt" Maupin, 20, of Batavia, Ohio, were previously identified and noted as DUTY STATUS WHERE-A-BOUTS UNKNOWN.

Fox News reported Maupin was known in high school for his tenacity on the football field and in the classroom, friends and family said.

CNN reported Maupin, 20, graduated three years ago from Glen Este High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. The school issued a statement calling him a "great kid" and "an excellent student" who won the Scholar Athlete Award for maintaining a 3.5 GPA while playing football.

"We're pulling for him. He's a fighter," Dan Simmons, athletic director at Glen Este High School the Fox News article said.

"Matt was a selfless kid on the football field," Simmons said. "He did whatever the coaches told him. He wasn't a starter, but he made the other kids play harder

CNN reported that the family spokesman said "We have viewed the videotape of Matt, as all of you have, I'm sure, and our family is very happy and prays for Matt's safety," spokesman Carl Cottrell said, reading a statement from Maupin's family.

 "To show your belief in his safe return, we ask the community of Batavia as well as surrounding communities and across the nation to tie yellow ribbons in Matt's honor 'till he safely returns home, so that when he does return home, he'll see the support that we've seen over the course of these last five days."

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On May 1, Maupin was promoted in absentia to specialist by his commander at the 724th Transportation Company, said Maj. Willie Harris, a spokesman for the 88th Regional Readiness Command, which oversees Maupin's Army Reserve unit based in Bartonville, Ill.

Prayer vigils continue in his hometown. Yellow ribbons fly across the U.S. waiting for his return.

http://www.pownetwork.org/gulfII/maupin.htm

[Kakaze]

I have no words.....

[txhurl]

prayer bump

[Straight Vermonter]

Can you ping the prayer list, please?

[marktwain]

I have no words.....

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Yes. It is very tough. The best we can do is hang in their and win the war on terror.

[Jewels1091]

crap...for some reason i was really hoping that they would find him alive....Prayers, and lots of them for the family and friends!

[Old Sarge]

PING

[vladimir998]

You were not alone in that hope. I knew chances were slim, but I always hoped against hope he would be found alive and well.

[cgk]

Ping.

[cgk]

We have been keeping a newspaper cutout of Matt on our refrigerator, on the side where I would see it every day, and sending prayers for him and for his family.

I am grateful they are able to bring their beloved son home.

[acapesket]

God Bless this courageous young Man and his blessed family.
Words fail me.
Revenge is mine sayeth the Lord.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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[GVnana]

So sorry to hear of it. He never left my mind. Now in God’s hands.

[cgk]

Ping. He's coming home. Thank you for reminding us all to pray for him.

[Finalapproach29er]

Did Scott Spiecher ever turn up? —1991 pow

I think of him sometimes.