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Missing WWII Soldier Is Identified The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors. He is Pvt. James W. Turner, U.S. Army, of Altus, Okla. He will be buried on Sept. 11 in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. Representatives from the Army met with Turner’s next-of-kin to explain the recovery and identification process and to coordinate interment with military honors on behalf of the Secretary of the Army....

One of the toughest jobs confronting Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is disarming the Shiite militias. The kidnapping Monday in Baghdad of an American soldier by vigilantes claiming to be from the so-called Mahdi Army underscores the urgency of the problem, and Mr. Maliki's response has been inadequate at best. Not only has he criticized American and Iraqi operations in Sadr City aimed at freeing the captive, he also appeared to accept at face value yesterday the Sadrists' denial that they are holding an American. "We asked the Sadr movement to look for him and they swear they know nothing...

A U.S. soldier who went missing on Monday was kidnapped by masked gunmen while visiting a relative's house in Baghdad outside the heavily-fortified Green Zone compound, the U.S. military said on Tuesday. The soldier was not named but a U.S. Army official in Washington said the man was an American citizen of Iraqi descent. "He was reportedly at a relative's house at the time of the abduction when three cars pulled up to the residence. The men, who were described to have dark coloured rags over their noses and mouths, handcuffed the soldier and forced him into one of the...

U.S. SOLDIER MISSING IN BAGHDAD - U.S. MILITARY

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from World War I, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors. This is the first time the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) has identified a soldier unaccounted for from World War I. He is Army Pvt. Francis Lupo of Cincinnati, Ohio. He will be buried on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006, at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. Representatives from the Army met with Lupo’s next-of-kin to explain the recovery and identification process and...

<p>SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A soldier who guarded suspected terrorists at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has disappeared, U.S. military officials said Thursday.</p> <p>Also Thursday, U.S. military officials announced that Army Maj. Gen. Geoffrey D. Miller will assume control of the detention mission next month.</p>