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A Soldier Doesn’t Die Until He Is Forgotten. 

This is a place where families can remember their family members who gave their all.  Also a place where they can tell of the impact the loss had on their family and what they had to do to find and recover the remains of their loved ones.  If you have a story to tell or a question to ask, please contact us at BataanMissing@gmail.com.  Be sure to sign up for notification of future posts.

Bud’s story is typical of those who died in the Cabanatuan POW camp after surviving the Bataan Death March. He was the first of more than 300 Unknowns to be returned to his family. Why is the Department of Defense dragging their feet on returning all of them?

This is an update of the first post ever published on BataanMissing.com. Much has changed since Bud was disinterred from his grave as an Unknown in Manila in 2014. More than 300 other families of MIA’s have received answers to their decades old question concerning the fate of their loved one.

The question now is not what happened to these men, rather, why have they not all been returned home? Its not a pretty story and will leave many families wondering who is actually buried in their family plot.

Continue reading “Private Arthur H. “Bud” Kelder, First Unknown Returned to his Family”