Talk:Alexander R. Nininger

Grave
I visited the Santo Domingo Parish Church Cemetery, Abucay, Bataan, to find his grave. The cemetery is full of graves. The parish priest and cemetery caretaker pointed to four unmarked graves any one of which could possibly hold Nininger's bones. So, Nininger, the first MoH recipient, a hero in America, lies in an unmarked grave, unknown and unrecognised. The only way to verify this is if some public or private organization/s in the USA (such as the Association of Graduates of the US Military Academy) would give the appropriate effort and go through the proper channels to ascertain the said remains by DNA testing. (I'll put photos when I learn how to insert photos in Wikipedia.) Oliver Puertogallera (talk) 12:24, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

I read in several places that Sandy Nininger's body had been removed from Santo Domingo Parish Church Cemetary and brought back to the U.S. In fact find a grave.com has a asterisk* by cemetery name which indicates he is no longer buried there. I live in Ft. Lauderdale and am historian on WWII. Gigi9993 (talk) 21:42, 7 June 2016 (UTC) 

Find A Grave has an asterisk on its page for Nininger, indicating "This is the original burial site." However, this does not put the issue to rest. A full military honors ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery was held for Nininger on May 18, 2010, when a "marker" was erected in his memory. The film of the ceremony, on Philippine Scouts website, states: "His remains, never recovered." The actual tombstone says: "In memory of...". Oliver Puertogallera (talk) 07:04, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Unidentified grave at Santo Domingo Parish Church Cemetery, Abucay, Bataan, that may or may not hold Nininger's remains. File:Abucay-Bataan-grave-of-Nininger?.jpg. Oliver Puertogallera (talk) 08:03, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

At interment.net, Nininger is listed as: "NININGER, Alexander R Jr., First Lieutenant, 57th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Scouts, U.S. Army, Service# 0-023761, Enl: Florida, d. 12-Jan-1942, Walls of the Missing, World War II, Medal of Honor, Bronze Star, Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters" Oliver Puertogallera (talk) 02:07, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

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