Army general brings word; president calls
BY HOWARD WILKINSON 
The Department of Defense confirmed Monday afternoon what the family of Sgt. Matt Maupin was told on Sunday by Army officials – that human remains found in Iraq were indentified as those of the Clermont County soldier who has been missing for nearly four years.
The official release offered no details on where the remains were found or how they were determined to be those of Maupin, although the Maupin family said Sunday that a three-star general who visited them Sunday in Union Township told them that the remains matched Maupin’s DNA.
The U.S. Army has been searching for the Army reservist and Glen Este High School graduate since April 9, 2004, when his convoy came under attack by insurgents using rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire. Two of Maupin’s fellow soldiers in the 724th Transportation Co. were killed in the attack; and Maupin, then a 20-year-old private first class, was taken hostage.
Maupin had been listed by the Army as “missing and captured” since April 16, 2004, the day when a video was released showing the soldier surrounded by masked men bearing arms.
In the release issued Monday afternoon, the Department of Defense said the Maupin case is still under investigation...
My Prayers go out to Matt's family. May God give you the comfort that passes all understanding!!!
The Department of Defense confirmed Monday afternoon what the family of Sgt. Matt Maupin was told on Sunday by Army officials – that human remains found in Iraq were indentified as those of the Clermont County soldier who has been missing for nearly four years.
The official release offered no details on where the remains were found or how they were determined to be those of Maupin, although the Maupin family said Sunday that a three-star general who visited them Sunday in Union Township told them that the remains matched Maupin’s DNA.
The U.S. Army has been searching for the Army reservist and Glen Este High School graduate since April 9, 2004, when his convoy came under attack by insurgents using rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire. Two of Maupin’s fellow soldiers in the 724th Transportation Co. were killed in the attack; and Maupin, then a 20-year-old private first class, was taken hostage.
Maupin had been listed by the Army as “missing and captured” since April 16, 2004, the day when a video was released showing the soldier surrounded by masked men bearing arms.
In the release issued Monday afternoon, the Department of Defense said the Maupin case is still under investigation...
My Prayers go out to Matt's family. May God give you the comfort that passes all understanding!!!
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