The U.S. Army is trying to determine how they got the identification of remains they believed belonged to Alfred Ricke so wrong.
Maryalyce Lupher was in disbelief a month ago when the Army said they had identified remains found in France as her father. As it turns out, it was too good to be true.Alfred Ricke stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. He served his country as an Army Private but was killed in action shortly after his deployment but his remains weren't found.
Alfred Ricke was killed in action after storming the beaches of Normandy in France on D-Day. Her family was told they'd found his remains but the Army has now said they got it wrong." your father has not been found and identified yet. I was stunned," Lupher said."When I finished that phone call, sitting in the cemetery, I said I know the polite thing to do is to say thank you but I couldn't say it," she said."Like I've lost him all over again. It's just….
A representative from the POW-MIA accounting agency says this si the first time a DNA match mistake has made it this far. The representative said there were things along the way that they could have caught.Now, Lupher and her family have put the funeral and the military honors on hold. At 83, she might never get to see it."He said they're still searching, don't give up. And I said I think I have," Lupher said.
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