The Search For Our Missing: Forensic Archaeology at a WWII Aircraft Crash Site, Andrea Palmiotto
Schedule
Tue, 10 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
918 Rolling Meadows Rd, Waynesburg, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 15370 | Waynesburg, PA
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"The Search For Our Missing: Forensic Archaeology at a WWII Aircraft Crash Site”Andrea Palmiotto and William Chadwick, IUP
In this talk, Amdrea Palmiotto will discuss the logistics of identifying and recovering WWII aircraft crash sites decades after the incidents towards the recovery and identification of missing U.S. service members. Through IUP’s programmatic agreement with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for Military Medicine, IUP faculty and students have assisted with recovery efforts since 2021 at sites in Germany. Recognizing the destructive nature of forensic archaeology, Palmiotto will highlight the importance of careful excavation and thorough documentation during recovery efforts.
Andrea Palmiotto is an Associate Professor in Anthropology at IUP. She specializes in forensic anthropology, archaeology, and zooarchaeology, training students in bone identification and analysis. Prior to joining IUP, she worked with the DPAA on field recovery and laboratory analysis of cases from the Vietnam War, Korean War, and WWII. Andrea Palmiotto is a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology and consults on forensic anthropological cases in western Pennsylvania and surrounding areas.
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