POW/MIA Updates: 13 May 24 ► 28 OCT 24
5/13/24 MIA Update: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced six burial updates for service members who have been missing and unaccounted for from World War II and the Korean War. Returning home for burial with full military honors are:
-- Navy Fireman 1st Class Everett C. Titterington, 21, of Milford, Iowa, was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, 1941. He was among 429 crewmen killed that day. He will be buried on Sept. 5, 2024, in Bloomington, California. Read about Titterington.
-- Army Pvt. 1st Class Lemuel Dent Jr. was assigned to the Company L, 3rd Battalion, 366th Infantry Regiment, 92nd Infantry Division. He was killed in action on Feb. 8, 1945. Interment services are pending. Read about Dent.
-- Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Allan W. Knepper, 27, of Nez Perce County, Idaho, was with the 49th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group. On July 10, 1943, his airplane crashed during heavy anti-aircraft fire, and he was subsequently declared missing in action. Interment services are pending. Read about Knepper.
-- Navy Coxswain Harley E. Alexander was assigned to the destroyer USS Glennon. He went missing in action on June 10, 1944, and was deemed non-recoverable on May 4, 1949. Interment services are pending. Read about Alexander.
-- Army Corporal John A. Spruell, 19, of Cortez, Colorado, was a member of Battery B, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division. Following his unit’s engagement in the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, he was declared missing in action on Dec. 6, 1950. He will be buried in his hometown on a date to be determined. Read about Spruell.
-- Army Corporal Richard Seloover, 17, of Whiteside, Illinois, was a member of Heavy Mortar Company, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He went missing in action on Sept. 6, 1950, and the Army issued a presumptive finding of death on Dec. 31, 1953. He will be buried in Rock Falls, Illinois, on a date to be determined. Read about Seloover.
5/28/24 MIA Update: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced one burial update for a service member who had been missing and unaccounted for from the Korean War. Returning home for burial with full military honors is:
-- Army Pvt. 1st Class Bryan Myers Jr., 21, of Cobden, Illinois, was a member of Company H, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was killed in action in September 1950. He will be buried in Elwood, Illinois, on a date to be determined. Read about Myers.
6/3/24 MIA Update: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced two burial updates for service members who have been missing and unaccounted for from World War II. Returning home for burial with full military honors are:
-- Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. George E. Davies, 27, of Portland, Oregon, was assigned to the 345th Bombardment Squadron, 98th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force. His bomber was hit by enemy anti-aircraft and crashed on Aug. 1, 1943. He will be buried in his hometown on June 21, 2024. Read about Davies.
-- Army Pvt. 1st Class Mose E. Vance, 21, of Bradshaw, West Virginia, was assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 180th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division. He was killed in action on Jan. 11, 1945, and the War Department issued a Report of Death in December that same year. He will be buried in Paynesville, West Virginia, on a date to be determined. Read about Vance.
6/10/24 MIA Update: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced seven burial updates for service members who have been missing and unaccounted for from World War II. Returning home for burial with full military honors are:
-- Navy Gunners Mate First Class George Herbert, 37, of Fall River, Massachusetts, was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, 1941. He was among 429 crewmen killed that day. He was buried in Igo, California, on May 30, 2024. Read about Herbert.
-- Army Pvt. 1st Class Bartholomew C. Loschiavo, 24, of Buffalo, New York, was assigned to Company A, 329th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division. He was killed in action on Oct. 1, 1944. He was buried in his hometown on June 1, 2024. Read about Loschiavo.
-- Army Air Forces Pvt. 1st Class Charles R. Powers, 18, of Riverside, California, was a member of 28th Materiel Squadron, 20th Air Base Group. He was among those captured in the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and died as a prisoner of war on July 18 that same year. He will be buried in his hometown on July 18, 2024. Read about Powers.
-- Army Pvt. 1st Class Manuel Trujillo, 22, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, served in Battery C, 200th Coast Artillery Regiment. He was among those captured in the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and died as a prisoner of war on July 26 that same year. He will be buried in his hometown on July 26, 2024. Read about Trujillo.
-- Army Sergeant Mayburn L. Hudson, 21, of Roanoke, Virginia, was assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Aug. 7, 1944, and the War Department issued a report of death in January 1945. He will be buried in Lynchburg, Virginia, on Aug. 7, 2024. Read about Hudson.
-- Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Bruce H. Brown, 23, of Richmond, California, was assigned to the 401st Bombardment Squadron, 91st Bombardment Group, Eighth Air Force. His B-17 bomber was struck by anti-aircraft fire on Dec. 20, 1942, and the War Department issued a finding of death on Dec. 20, 1943. He will be buried in Houston, Texas, on a date to be determined. Read about Brown.
-- Army Air Forces Pvt. 1st Class Orville J. Cox, 19, of Haskell, Texas, was a member of 34th Pursuit Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group. He was killed in action on Feb. 8, 1942. He will be buried in his hometown on a date to be determined. Read about Cox.
6/17/24 MIA Update: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced three burial updates for service members who have been missing and unaccounted for from World War II. Returning home for burial with full military honors are:
-- Army Pvt. 1st Class Harry H. Hosfelt Jr., 20, of Connellsville, Pennsylvania, was assigned to Company A, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division. He was killed in action on Feb. 9, 1944, and the War Department issued a finding of death on Feb. 3, 1945. He will be buried in his hometown on June 29, 2024. Read about Hosfelt.
-- Navy Seaman 2nd Class George A. Thompson, 20, of Omaha, Nebraska, was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, 1941. He was among 429 crewmen killed that day. He will be buried on July 15, 2024, at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl), Honolulu, Hawaii. Read about Thompson.
-- Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Edward K. Pyle, 31, of Alliance, Ohio, was a member of the 436th Bombardment Squadron, 7th Bombardment Group. On Dec. 1, 1943, his plane was reportedly hit by anti-aircraft fire. He and his fellow crew members were declared missing in action. He will be buried in Augusta, Michigan, on a date to be determined. Read about Pyle.
6/24/24 MIA Update: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced 17 identification updates for service members who have been missing and unaccounted for from World War II and the Korean War. Returning home for burial with full military honors are:
-- Army Pfc. Joseph C. Murphy, 20, of Bogalusa, Louisiana, was a member of Company I, 31st Infantry Regiment. He was among those captured in 1942, and later died as a prisoner of war. Interment services are pending.Read about Murphy.
-- Army Private Jacob Gutterman was a member of the 803rd Engineer Battalion, Aviation. He was among those captured in the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942. Interment services are pending. Read about Gutterman.
-- Army Air Forces Private Robert W. Cash was a member of the 28th Materiel Squadron, 20th Air Base Group. He was among those captured in the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942. Interment services are pending. Read about Cash.
-- Army Tech. Sgt. Charles E. Young Jr. was a member of the 429th Signal Maintenance Company, Aviation. He was among those captured in the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942. Interment services are pending. Read about Young.
-- Army Sgt. Sam A. Prince was a member of Headquarters Battery, 200th Coast Artillery Regiment. He was among those captured in the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942. Interment services are pending. Read about Prince.
-- Army Corporal Raymond N. DeCloss was member of Company C, 194th Tank Battalion. He was among those captured in the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942. Interment services are pending. Read about DeCloss.
-- Army Air Forces Sgt. Jack H. Hohlfeld was a member of Headquarters Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group. He was among those captured in the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942. Interment services are pending. Read about Hohlfeld.
-- Army Pvt. 1st Class Arlie P. Barrett was a member of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He went missing in action on Aug. 10, 1950, and the Army declared his remains non-recoverable on Jan. 16, 1956. Interment services are pending. Read about Barrett.
-- Army Sgt. Charles E. Beaty was a member of Item Company, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 3, 1950. Interment services are pending. Read about Beaty.
-- Army Sgt. John P. Ryhter was a member of Battery A, 82nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He went missing in action in December 1950, and the Army issued a presumptive finding of death on Jan. 16, 1956. Interment services are pending. Read about Ryhter.
-- Army Corporal Jesse L. Mitchell was a member of C Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He went missing in action in December 1950, and died while a prisoner of war in the summer of 1951. Interment services are pending. Read about Mitchell.
-- Army Pfc. Charles A. Vorel Jr. was a member of Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on July 16, 1950, and declared non-recoverable in January 1956. Interment services are pending. Read about Vorel.
-- Army Corporal William Colby was a member of Dog Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 2, 1950. Interment services are pending. Read about Colby.
-- Army Sgt. Kester B. Hardman was a member of M Company, 3rd Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He went missing in action in April 1951, and reportedly died while a prisoner of war that same year. Interment services are pending. Read about Hardman.
-- Army Sgt. 1st Class Israel Ramos was a member of D Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He went missing in action on Aug. 31, 1950, and was determined to be non-recoverable on Jan. 16, 1956. Interment services are pending. Read about Ramos.
-- Army Corporal Edward J. Smith was a member of Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He went missing in action on Aug. 31, 1950. Interment services are pending. Read about Smith.
-- Army Sgt. Clayton M. Pierce was a member of D Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported killed in action on Dec. 1, 1950. Interment services are pending. Read about Pierce.
7/1/24 MIA Update: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced two burial updates and six identifications for service members who have been missing and unaccounted for from World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Returning home for burial with full military honors are:
-- Navy Fireman Second Class Joseph W. Carroll, 20, of Caddo, Texas, was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, 1941. He was among 429 crewmen killed that day. He will be buried on Aug. 24, 2024, at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl), Honolulu, Hawaii. Read about Carroll.
-- Army Air Force Tech. Sgt. Donald V. Banta, 21, of Los Angeles, California, was assigned to the 703rd Bombardment Squadron, 445th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force. He was killed in action on Feb. 24, 1944. He will be buried in Riverside National Cemetery, California, on a date to be determined. Read about Banta.
-- Army Pvt. 1st Class Clossie D. Brown was assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division. He was killed in action on Jan. 21, 1945. Interment services are pending. Read about Brown.
-- Army Private Joseph M. Cocco was assigned to Company C, 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion. He was reported killed in action on Sept.11, 1943, and the War Department issued a finding of death on Sept. 27, 1949. Interment services are pending. Read about Cocco.
-- Army Pvt. Jeremiah P. Mahoney was assigned to Anti-Tank Company, 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division. He was killed in action on Jan. 17, 1945. Interment services are pending. Read about Mahoney.
-- Army Sgt. Jack Zarifian was assigned to Company G, 2nd Battalion, 253rd Infantry Regiment, 63rd Infantry Division. He was reported killed in action on April 6, 1945. Interment services are pending. Read about Zarifian.
-- Army Sgt. 1st Class Raymond E. Hall was a member of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was killed while a prisoner of war in October 1950. Interment services are pending. Read about Hall.
-- Air Force Sgt. David S. Price was assigned to tactical air navigation radar site Lima Site 85, Laos. He was killed in action on March 11, 1968. Interment services are pending. Read about Price.
7/8/24 MIA Update: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced three identifications for service members who have been missing and unaccounted for from World War II and the Korean War. Returning home for burial with full military honors are:
-- Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Stanley J. Samoski, 22, of Manchester, New Hampshire, served with the 334th Bombardment Squadron, 98th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force. He was killed in action on Aug. 1, 1943. He will be buried on a date to be determined at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Read about Samoski.
-- Army Pvt. 1st Class Joseph R. Travers was a member of Dog Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on April 22, 1951, and died while a prisoner of war in December 1951. Interment services are pending. Read about Travers.
-- Army Master Sgt. Wallace Simmons Jr. was a member of Headquarters Battery, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported killed in action on Dec. 6, 1950. Interment services are pending. Read about Simmons.
7/15/24 MIA Update: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced six burial updates for service members who have been missing and unaccounted for from World War II and the Korean War. Returning home for burial with full military honors are:
-- Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Allan W. Knepper, 27, of Lewiston, Idaho, was with the 49th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group. He went missing in action on July 10, 1943. He will be buried in his hometown on Aug. 2, 2024. Read about Knepper.
-- Army Pvt. 1st Class Alcario V. Flores, 37, of Coolidge, Arizona, was assigned to Company G, 2nd Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division. He was killed in action on Jan. 21, 1945. He will be buried in Tempe, Arizona, on Aug. 3, 2024. Read about Flores.
-- Army Sgt. Sam A. Prince, 28, of Clovis, New Mexico, was a member of Headquarters Battery, 200th Coast Artillery Regiment. He was among those captured during the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and died while a prisoner of war on Sept. 22 that same year. He will be buried in his hometown on Aug. 8, 2024. Read about Prince.
-- Army Corporal Jesse L. Mitchell, 22, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, was a member of C Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He died while a prisoner of war in summer 1951. He will be buried in his hometown on Oct. 12, 2024. Read about Mitchell.
-- Army Pvt. William A. Smith, 21, of Syracuse, Missouri, was assigned to Company C, 149th Engineer Combat Battalion. He was killed in action on June 6, 1944, enroute to Omaha Beach in Normandy. He will be buried in St. Louis, Missouri, on Nov. 11, 2024. Read about Smith.
-- Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Frank J. Tedone, 23, of Hartford, Connecticut, was a member of the 436th Bombardment Squadron, 7th Bombardment Group. He went missing in action on Dec. 1, 1943. He will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on a date to be determined. Read about Tedone.
7/22/24 MIA Update: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced two burial updates and four dentifications for service members who have been missing and unaccounted for from World War II and the Korean War. Returning home for burial with full military honors are:
-- Army Pvt. 1st Class Luther E. Bagley, 22, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, was a member of Company K, 3rd Battalion. He was killed in action on July 25, 1944. He will be buried in his hometown on Aug. 10, 2024. Read about Bagley.
-- Army Corporal Edward J. Smith, 18, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, was a member of Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Aug. 31, 1950. He will be buried in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 23, 2024. Read about Smith.
-- Army Pvt. Robert L. Skaar was assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 222nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division. He was killed in action on March 10, 1945. Interment services are pending. Read about Skaar.
-- Army Private Rodger D. Andrews was assigned to Company C, 37th Engineer Combat Battalion. He was killed in action in June 1944 during the Omaha Beach invasion in Normandy, France. Interment services are pending. Read about Andrews.
-- Army Corporal Robert A. Bartlett was assigned to Company A, 744th Tank Battalion. He was killed in action on July 26, 1944. Interment services are pending. Read about Bartlett.
-- Army Cpl. Robert P. Raess was a member of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Sept. 1, 1950, and declared deceased on Dec. 31, 1953. Interment services are pending. Read about Raess.