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William McGowan attend his burial ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery on July 8, 2022. It is a privilege to be able to honor his service, achievement and sacrifice, as well as all those who have given so much in the name of freedom.' Family members of Lt. McGowan's story and the stories of the fallen or missing who are buried or memorialized within our sites. 'We are charged with preserving and sharing Lt. McGowan a final resting place among those he served beside,' Scott Desjardins, the superintendent of the American Cemetery, said in a statement. Almost 1,600 service members are still listed as missing, according to the ABMC.

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William McGowan is buried with full military honors at the Normandy American Cemetery on July 8, 2022.Ī rosette was placed next to McGowan's name on the Walls of the Missing to show that he has been identified.

Thank you to the American Battle Monuments Commission for allowing one more amazing young man to join these other extraordinary young men and women at this beautiful memorial. McGowan will be laid to rest alongside 9,386 brothers and sisters who also gave the ultimate sacrifice, while in uniform, in service to their country. 'We feel would be comforted knowing that their son and brother is buried here … Lt. 'When we were asked where we wanted the final resting place of our uncle to be, we did not hesitate,' McGowan's nephew, Paul Stouffer, said in a statement. McGowan was officially declared non recoverable in December 1947 and was listed on the American Cemetery's Walls of the Missing for nearly 80 years, the DPAA said. Authorities recovered some of the wreckage but didn't find McGowan's remains. An investigator learned from witnesses that the Thunderbolt, which was embedded deep into the ground, had burned for more than a day.

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Three years later, the American Graves Registration Command visited the site where the plane went down after receiving a tip from a French citizen, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA). McGowan's P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft was shot down over France's Moon-sur-Elle on June 6, 1944. McGowan was buried at Normandy American Cemetery 'with full military honors' on Saturday, according to the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC). His memory will live long, and the reporting he did will be continued by colleagues and friends.A 23-year-old who was killed during the World War II invasion of Normandy has been laid to rest nearly eight decades later. “His deep care for Brazil, its land and its people shone through powerfully in his insightful journalism for the Guardian and many other publications. The USNS Mercy, a converted oil tanker, set off in white livery emblazoned with red crosses: a floating hospital for use in humanitarian aid efforts around the world. The Guardian’s editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner, said: “Dom Phillips was a brave, passionate journalist who died doing a thing he loved – seeking out and exposing wrongdoing. A connoisseur to the last, he had insisted on the 12” mix. Phillips’ will stipulated the music to be played at his funeral and the final moments of the service saw dozens of mourners dancing joyously to Chic’s Good Times.

Phillips’ sister and brother-in-law played two pieces of music on the accordion and Spanish bagpipes before friends and family shared memories of Dom with the crowded room. “We will redouble our struggle so that other families of other journalists and environmental defenders will not have to face our pain and that of Bruno Pereira’s family,” Sampaio said. Sampaio urged mourners to celebrate Phillips’ “enormous heart” and his love of humanity.

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