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Uncle of Shafter woman found after 58 years MIA Marine returns home
Ashley Hicks, uncle of Kim Peters, was listed missing in action after serving with Carlson's Raiders in 1942 at Makin Atoll. Remains were found in 1998 and confirmed in 1999, with the family choosing burial in Hughson, California, near their old home, after decades of hope.
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South Pacific
Ashley Hicks
Shafter
Kim Peters
Pearl Harbor
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
Hicks
Christina
Milo Hicks
Hughson
Modesto
War Department
Ashley
Milo
Joyce
Blanch Hicks Rash
Carlson
Raiders
Col
Evans Carlson
Pentagon
Makin Atoll
Army Central Identification Laboratory
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Army
Trick
Grace
Dave Lapan
Arlington National Cemetery
Virginia
Dottie
Kim
Les Peters
Peters Fu