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SANTA FE 鈥� U.S. Army Cpl. Richard Veal is back home in New Mexico.

On Friday his remains were interred at the Santa Fe National Cemetery, more than 80 years after he died in the Pacific during World War II.

鈥淚鈥檓 just so grateful,鈥� Veal鈥檚 niece, Jennie Charrette, said.

Veal, who died at age 36, was born April 8, 1906, in Rodey in Do帽a Ana County. He joined the military in March 1941, according to an .

Veal was with the Battery C, 200th Coast Artillery Regiment, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December 1941. He and other soldiers experienced intense fighting until the surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on April 9, 1942, and of Corregidor Island on May 6, 1942, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA).

Veal was among those subjected to the 65-mile Bataan Death March and held at Cabanatuan Prisoner of War Camp No. 1. More than 2,500 POWs perished in the camp during the war, according to the DPAA.

Charrette said Veal died Dec. 27, 1942, from pellagra, a systemic disease caused by a severe deficiency of niacin, or vitamin B3, that can affect the whole body and lead to death, according to the Cleveland Clinic. 

She said she was grateful that Veal 鈥� who received multiple decorations like the Purple Heart 鈥� did not die during the march.

鈥淚 had started reading reading a book about the Bataan march and I had to stop because it was just so horrible, the way these soldiers were treated, and I envisioned my uncle being treated badly, being tortured,鈥� she said. 鈥淪o, when I learned that he died from an illness, I was so thankful.鈥�

Veal was buried in a common grave at the camp cemetery. After the war, American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) personnel exhumed those buried at the Cabanatuan cemetery and relocated the remains to a temporary U.S. military mausoleum near Manila. The AGRS recovered two sets of remains from Veal鈥檚 grave but were unable to identify them. They were declared unidentifiable and buried at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial as Unknowns, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.

In December 2020, as part of the Cabanatuan Project, the DPAA exhumed remains associated with Veal鈥檚 burial site. Scientists used a combination of dental and anthropological analysis, mitochondrial DNA sequencing, and nuclear DNA testing to confirm his identity, officially accounting for him Sept. 29, 2025, according to the agency.

鈥淲hen the Army contacted me saying they were taking DNA from people to try and bring these soldiers back home,鈥� Charrette said, 鈥淚 cried. I honestly cried. I was so thankful for that.鈥�

Veal鈥檚 name is inscribed on the Walls of the Missing in the Philippines. But now, a rosette will be placed next to his name, signifying he has been accounted for and brought home, according to the New Mexico National Guard.

Charrette said she wants families of those who remain unaccounted for to know that 鈥渢here鈥檚 still some hope.鈥�

Gregory R.C. Hasman is a general assignment reporter and the Road Warrior. He can be reached at ghasman@abqjournal.com or 505-823-3820.