Salinas took a DNA test so he could start building a family tree for his young children. Soon after, he found out about his great uncle, Seamen 3rd Class Jose Antonio Saenz.
"I had been digging around and trying to put pieces of the puzzle together for my family," Salinas told CNN from his home."I never know about this. It's almost like he was forgotten."In a sense, Saenz was forgotten, listed as"unaccounted for" from the USS Indianapolis, one of the most infamous stories in US Navy history.
That includes Jose Antonio Saenz.Following a joint effort between the Naval History and Heritage Command, the Navy Casualty Office, the USS Indianapolis Survivors Association and others, the Navy has changed the status of 13 sailors to"Buried at Sea."Salinas, reflecting on the change after so many years, called it a measure of"respect" for his family.
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