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The US Defense POW\/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced the news on Friday, as military scientists and researchers continue to identify bodies that were left unidentified in the years following World War II.<\/p>\n
Officials said TSgt Richardson was found on September 14, 2022, and his family was only recently informed about the news. A little rosette will also be placed next to his name on the Tablet of the Missing at the Florence American Cemetery in Italy, indicating that he is still missing.<\/p>\n
He was assigned to the 329th Bombardment Squadron, 93rd Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force, according to a DPAA news release.<\/p>\n
According to sources, TSgt Richardson was a radio operator on a B-24 Liberator bomber that was damaged by an enemy anti-aircraft and crashed on Aug. 1, 1943, during Operation TIDAL WAVE, a huge bombing mission against the oil fields and refineries at Ploiesti, Romania.<\/p>\n
According to a DPAA news release, he was assigned to the 329th Bombardment Squadron, 93rd Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force.<\/p>\n
According to reports, TSgt Richardson was a radio operator aboard a B-24 Liberator bomber that was hit by an enemy anti-aircraft and crashed on August 1, 1943, during Operation TIDAL WAVE, a massive bombing campaign against the oil fields and refineries in Ploiesti, Romania.<\/p>\n
DPAA said in a statement that TSgt. Richardson’s remains were identified using mitochondrial DNA and Y chromosome DNA, as well as circumstantial evidence and anthropological analysis.<\/p>\n
Caughman Harman Funeral Home is honored to be handling the burial arrangements for TSgt. Ralph Richardson. He will be buried with full military honors at 1 PM on June 17, 2023, at Elmwood Cemetery, 501 Elmwood Ave., Columbia SC 29201.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n
The processional will leave Caughman Harman, Lexington Chapel, at noon to process to Elmwood Cemetery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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