Today Staff Sergeant Keith M. Maupin - POW*MIA 16-Apr-2004 was laid to rest after military authorities using DNA evidence identified and returned his body to his family. Maupin’s remain were found in Iraq, nearly four years after he was captured by insurgents. An Army general visited them and gave them the news, Keith parents said.Maupin was a 20-year-old private first class when he was captured on April 9, 2004, after his fuel convoy was ambushed west of Baghdad. He had been driving a supply truck. Let us not forget this brave man and all the others that are following in his foot steps.
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