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El gobernador Andy Beshear ordenó que las banderas en todos los edificios estatales de Kentucky se coloquen a media asta el 29 de julio para honrar al soldado de la Segunda Guerra Mundial Private Mike McDowell, cujos restos fueron identificados recientemente después de más de 70 años. McDowell, miembro de la unidad conocida como Merrill's Marauders, fue reportado muerto en combate durante la Batalla de Myitkyina en Birmania el 29 de julio de 1944 a los 19 años, y sus restos fueron identificados el 29 de enero de 2026 utilizando técnicas forenses modernas. Se llevará a cabo un servicio de repatriación para Private McDowell a las 10:30 a.m. el 29 de julio en el Cementerio de Veteranos de Kentucky Central en Radcliff.
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Private Mike McDowell, a member of a unit often referred to as Merrill’s Marauders, was reported killed in action during the Battle of Myitkyina in Burma. McDowell, of Kentucky, was killed in action on July 29, 1944, at the age of 19.
The governor ordered flags on all state buildings to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset July 29 in honor of McDowell and encourages others throughout Kentucky to follow suit. A repatriation service for Private McDowell will be held at 10:30 a.m. on July 29 at the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery Central in Radcliff.
McDowell’s remains were never identified, and he was declared non-recoverable in April 1952. However, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency identified McDowell’s remains on Jan. 29, 2026. In 2018, officials began a project to exhume remains from the Battle of Myitkyina. Some of these unknowns were transferred to a laboratory for further analysis in 2021, where McDowell was later identified using modern forensic techniques.
About 307,000 Kentuckians served in the military during World War II, and an estimated 8,000 died in combat and 14,000 were wounded.
Sources
- Office of the Governor
- WKYT News coverage of the flag order
- WDRB News on McDowell’s identified remains
This article was generated by AI (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) based on source material from Office of the Governor, enriched with 2 web searches. The original source is available at https://kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=GovernorBeshear&prId=2803.
