On Wednesday, 16 November 2011, the identified remains of Sgt. Mackey were interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
State WWII soldier's remains will rest in Va.
BY JERRY WOFFORD Tulsa World [email protected]
Nearly 70 years after an Oklahoma soldier died in action, his remains will be laid to rest Wednesday. Staff Sgt. Glenn E. Webb, of Wetumka, in Hughes County, was killed when his plane crashed in 1942 in New Guinea. He was 20 (sic). His remains were positively identified recently and will be laid to rest with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Webb's C-47C Skytrain went down Oct. 16, 1942, killing him, 2nd Lt. Wilson Carter (sic) Cater of Jackson, Miss., and Master Sgt. Donald Mackey of Chambersburg, Pa. The three will be buried in a single casket that represents the entire crew, according to a news release from the Department of Defense. The group was on an airdrop mission to deliver supplies to U.S. troops when the aircraft crashed in a mountainous area near Kagi, New Guinea. The men were buried by an Australian Army patrol in the area. Two years later, personnel from the Army Graves Registration unit moved the remains of Carter and Mackey to a nearby U.S. cemetery, but they could not find Webb's remains. In 1982, villagers notified U.S. officials of a plane crash in the area. Human remains were recovered there, and while the aircraft's tail number matched that of Webb's, the remains could not be positively identified. Scientists from the Joint POW MIA Accounting Command and Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory later used dental analysis and DNA matching to victim's families to identify the remains. More than 400,000 Americans were killed in World War II. About 16 million served in the war. More than 73,000 service members remain unaccounted for from the war.
(The Oklahoman, Wednesday, 16 November 2011, page 2A)
Memorial notes: Full date of birth and middle initial allowed on 18 Apr 2014, per auto SAC. Wilson Cater's surname corrected on 29 Jul 2014, per SAC. Cemetery plot corrected from 'D, 281' on 18 Feb 2020.
State WWII soldier's remains will rest in Va.
BY JERRY WOFFORD Tulsa World [email protected]
Nearly 70 years after an Oklahoma soldier died in action, his remains will be laid to rest Wednesday. Staff Sgt. Glenn E. Webb, of Wetumka, in Hughes County, was killed when his plane crashed in 1942 in New Guinea. He was 20 (sic). His remains were positively identified recently and will be laid to rest with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Webb's C-47C Skytrain went down Oct. 16, 1942, killing him, 2nd Lt. Wilson Carter (sic) Cater of Jackson, Miss., and Master Sgt. Donald Mackey of Chambersburg, Pa. The three will be buried in a single casket that represents the entire crew, according to a news release from the Department of Defense. The group was on an airdrop mission to deliver supplies to U.S. troops when the aircraft crashed in a mountainous area near Kagi, New Guinea. The men were buried by an Australian Army patrol in the area. Two years later, personnel from the Army Graves Registration unit moved the remains of Carter and Mackey to a nearby U.S. cemetery, but they could not find Webb's remains. In 1982, villagers notified U.S. officials of a plane crash in the area. Human remains were recovered there, and while the aircraft's tail number matched that of Webb's, the remains could not be positively identified. Scientists from the Joint POW MIA Accounting Command and Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory later used dental analysis and DNA matching to victim's families to identify the remains. More than 400,000 Americans were killed in World War II. About 16 million served in the war. More than 73,000 service members remain unaccounted for from the war.
(The Oklahoman, Wednesday, 16 November 2011, page 2A)
Memorial notes: Full date of birth and middle initial allowed on 18 Apr 2014, per auto SAC. Wilson Cater's surname corrected on 29 Jul 2014, per SAC. Cemetery plot corrected from 'D, 281' on 18 Feb 2020.
On Wednesday, 16 November 2011, the identified remains of Sgt. Mackey were interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
State WWII soldier's remains will rest in Va.
BY JERRY WOFFORD Tulsa World [email protected]
Nearly 70 years after an Oklahoma soldier died in action, his remains will be laid to rest Wednesday. Staff Sgt. Glenn E. Webb, of Wetumka, in Hughes County, was killed when his plane crashed in 1942 in New Guinea. He was 20 (sic). His remains were positively identified recently and will be laid to rest with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Webb's C-47C Skytrain went down Oct. 16, 1942, killing him, 2nd Lt. Wilson Carter (sic) Cater of Jackson, Miss., and Master Sgt. Donald Mackey of Chambersburg, Pa. The three will be buried in a single casket that represents the entire crew, according to a news release from the Department of Defense. The group was on an airdrop mission to deliver supplies to U.S. troops when the aircraft crashed in a mountainous area near Kagi, New Guinea. The men were buried by an Australian Army patrol in the area. Two years later, personnel from the Army Graves Registration unit moved the remains of Carter and Mackey to a nearby U.S. cemetery, but they could not find Webb's remains. In 1982, villagers notified U.S. officials of a plane crash in the area. Human remains were recovered there, and while the aircraft's tail number matched that of Webb's, the remains could not be positively identified. Scientists from the Joint POW MIA Accounting Command and Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory later used dental analysis and DNA matching to victim's families to identify the remains. More than 400,000 Americans were killed in World War II. About 16 million served in the war. More than 73,000 service members remain unaccounted for from the war.
(The Oklahoman, Wednesday, 16 November 2011, page 2A)
Memorial notes: Full date of birth and middle initial allowed on 18 Apr 2014, per auto SAC. Wilson Cater's surname corrected on 29 Jul 2014, per SAC. Cemetery plot corrected from 'D, 281' on 18 Feb 2020.
State WWII soldier's remains will rest in Va.
BY JERRY WOFFORD Tulsa World [email protected]
Nearly 70 years after an Oklahoma soldier died in action, his remains will be laid to rest Wednesday. Staff Sgt. Glenn E. Webb, of Wetumka, in Hughes County, was killed when his plane crashed in 1942 in New Guinea. He was 20 (sic). His remains were positively identified recently and will be laid to rest with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Webb's C-47C Skytrain went down Oct. 16, 1942, killing him, 2nd Lt. Wilson Carter (sic) Cater of Jackson, Miss., and Master Sgt. Donald Mackey of Chambersburg, Pa. The three will be buried in a single casket that represents the entire crew, according to a news release from the Department of Defense. The group was on an airdrop mission to deliver supplies to U.S. troops when the aircraft crashed in a mountainous area near Kagi, New Guinea. The men were buried by an Australian Army patrol in the area. Two years later, personnel from the Army Graves Registration unit moved the remains of Carter and Mackey to a nearby U.S. cemetery, but they could not find Webb's remains. In 1982, villagers notified U.S. officials of a plane crash in the area. Human remains were recovered there, and while the aircraft's tail number matched that of Webb's, the remains could not be positively identified. Scientists from the Joint POW MIA Accounting Command and Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory later used dental analysis and DNA matching to victim's families to identify the remains. More than 400,000 Americans were killed in World War II. About 16 million served in the war. More than 73,000 service members remain unaccounted for from the war.
(The Oklahoman, Wednesday, 16 November 2011, page 2A)
Memorial notes: Full date of birth and middle initial allowed on 18 Apr 2014, per auto SAC. Wilson Cater's surname corrected on 29 Jul 2014, per SAC. Cemetery plot corrected from 'D, 281' on 18 Feb 2020.
Bio by: Mike Casey
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PENNSYLVANIA
M SGT 374 AAF TRP CARR GP
WORLD WAR II
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Latin cross upon single, flat, gray, government stone marker. Entered the service from Pennsylvania. His identified remains were interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
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