Subscribe
FORT KNOX, Ky. – The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Sgt. R. L. Tyler, a Soldier who died a prisoner of war during World War II, will be interred April 26 at O’Donnell Cemetery, O’Donnell Texas. Lake Ridge Chapel & Memorial Designers, Lubbock, Texas will perform graveside services preceding the interment.
A native of Denton County, Texas, Tyler was a member of Headquarters Squadron, 19th Bombardment Group, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December 1941. He was among thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members were captured and interned at POW camps after U.S. forces fell to the Japanese. According to historical records, Tyler died in captivity July 19, 1942, at age 22.
He was accounted for by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Sept. 10, 2019, after his remains were exhumed in May 2018 from the present-day Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Philippines, for laboratory analysis and identification.
The Past Conflict Repatriations Branch, under the Army Casualty and Mortuary Affairs Operations Division at the U.S. Army Human Resources Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky, plays a key role in the process of locating Family members of missing Soldiers from WWII, the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
The process begins with locating the Family member most closely related to the missing Soldier, known as the primary next of kin, followed by a request for Family reference samples or DNA, which are used as a main source in identifying remains.
Once a Soldier has been identified by the Armed Forces Medical Examiner, the PCRB notifies and briefs the Family about the results of historical, forensic and DNA reports, benefits and the mortuary process including burial with full military honors.
For additional information about Sgt. Tyler go to: https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/ID-Announcements/Article/1958207/airman-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-tyler-r/
Media interested in covering and/or obtaining more information about the funeral and interment should contact the Army Casualty Office at (800) 892-2490 and/or Lake Ridge Chapel & Memorial Designers, 806-698-8085.
-30-
| Date Taken: | 04.22.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 04.22.2025 11:08 |
| Story ID: | 495858 |
| Location: | FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY, US |
| Hometown: | ABILENE, TEXAS, US |
| Hometown: | LUBBOCK, TEXAS, US |
| Hometown: | MIDLAND, TEXAS, US |
| Hometown: | O'DONNELL, TEXAS, US |
| Hometown: | SWEETWATER, TEXAS, US |
| Web Views: | 38 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
This work, Remains of World War II Soldier to be buried in O’Donnell, Texas, by Fonda Bock, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright.
