The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class Harry H. Hosfelt Jr., 20, of Connellsville, Pennsylvania, missing in action during World War II, was accounted for Sep. 28, 2023.
In February 1944, PFC Hosfelt was assigned to the Company A, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division. On Feb. 9, Hosfelt was killed in action when his unit was engaged by German Forces near the town of Cisterna di Latina, Italy. His body was not recovered, and the Germans never reported him a prisoner of war. The War Department issued a finding of death on Feb. 3, 1945.
Following the war, the American Graves Registration Command (AGRC), Army Quartermaster Corps, was the organization tasked with recovering missing American personnel in the European Theater. In March 1945, AGRC investigators recovered a set of remains designated as X-745, near the small hamlet of Ponte Rotto thought to be associated with Hosfelt. The investigators didn’t have enough identifying data to positively ID the remains and they were interred at USMC Nettuno, which is now Sicily-Rome American Cemetery. He was declared non-recoverable in 1948.
While studying unresolved American losses in the Anzio battlefield, a DPAA historian determined that one set of unidentified remains designated X-745 recovered near Ponte Rotto possibly belonged to PFC Hosfelt. The remains which had been buried at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuna, Italy in 1948, were disinterred in September 2021 and sent to the DPAA laboratory for identification.
To identify Hosfelt remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), analysis.
Pfc. Hosfelt’s name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery an American Battle Monuments Commission site in Nettuno, Italy, along with others still missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Pfc. Hosfelt will be buried in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, on June 29, 2024.
For family and funeral information, contact the Army Casualty Office at (800) 892-2490.
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Pvt. 1st Class Orville J. Cox, 19, of Haskell, Texas, who was during World War II, was accounted for May 26, 2023.
In late 1941, Cox was a member of 34th Pursuit Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December. Intense fighting continued until the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and of Corregidor Island on May 6, 1942.
According to historical records, Cox died Feb. 8, 1942, during the Battle of the Points on the Bataan Peninsula, near Agloloma Point. Casualties from the battle were buried at several cemeteries on the Bataan Peninsula, including Mariveles #3 Cemetery.
Following the war, in November 1945, American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) personnel exhumed 40 sets of remains from the American section of Mariveles #3. At the time, 17 individuals were identified, but 23 others remained as Unknowns. In subsequent analysis, five additional remains were identified, leaving 18 Unknowns. Those remaining Unknowns were buried at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial (MACM).
In December 2022, DPAA personnel exhumed remains from MACM, including X-143, believed to be Cox, and accessioned them for analysis at the DPAA laboratory.
To identify Cox’s remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.
Although interred as an Unknown in MACM, Cox’s grave was meticulously cared for over the past 70 years by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), along with others still missing from WWII. Cox is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at MACM and a rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Cox will be buried in Haskell, Texas, on Oct. 19, 2024.
For family and funeral information, contact the Army Casualty Office at (800) 892-2490.
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Marine Corps Pvt. 1st Class Morris E. Canady, killed during World War II, was accounted for May 16, 2024.
In September 1942, Canady was a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. On Sept. 24, he was killed during a firefight with Japanese forces. His body could not be recovered at the time because of the fighting. A burial party was dispatched to the area of “Hill X” and “Hill Y” on Sept. 25 where they quickly buried the Marines who died during the fighting on Sept. 24, including Canady, in Grave 2.
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Marine Corps Private Charmning W. Rowe, killed during World War II, was accounted for May 16, 2024.
In September 1942, Rowe was a member of Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. On Sept. 24, he was killed during a firefight with Japanese forces. His body could not be recovered at the time because of the fighting. A burial party was dispatched to the area of “Hill X” and “Hill Y” on Sept. 25 where they quickly buried the Marines who died during the fighting on Sept. 24, including Rowe, in Grave 5.
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Sergeant Mayburn L. Hudson, 21, of Lynchburg, Virginia, killed during World War II, was accounted for December 14, 2023.
In August 1944, Hudson was assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division in the European Theater during World War II. On Aug 7, Hudson’s unit came under heavy German fire in the vicinity of Saint-Malo, in Brittany, France. Company F was given the order to assault a heavily fortified German position atop a hill, called “The Citadel”. Facing harsh fire from well-defended forces, the 330th Infantry Regiment suffered heavy losses, including Hudson. His body could not be recovered because of the intense fighting and he was initially listed as Missing in Action. Just a few months later as his remains were still unaccounted for in January 1945, the War Department issued a “Report of Death.”
In November 1944, the American Graves Registration Command (AGRC), the organization that searched for and recovered fallen American personnel in the European Theater, received notification from a French citizen that several Americans were buried near Paramé, close to where SGT Hudson was reportedly killed. AGRC searched the area around Paramé and Saint-Milo, finding several sets of American remains, but it was unable to identify one of them as Hudson, which was subsequently designated X-172 St James (X-172). The unidentified remains were then buried in the U.S. Military Cemetery at St. James, France, now knows as the Brittany American Cemetery.
DPAA historians have been conducting on-going research into Soldiers missing from combat around Saint-Milo and found that Unknown X-172 could be associated with Hudson. Department of Defense and American Battle Monuments Commission workers exhumed X-172 in June 2019 and transferred the remains to the DPAA Laboratory for analysis.
To identify Hudson’s remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological and dental analysis, as well as other circumstantial evidence. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.
Hudson’s name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at Brittany American Cemetery in Montjoie Saint Martin, France, along with others still missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Hudson will be buried August 7, 2024, in Lynchburg, Virginia.
For family and funeral information, contact the Army Casualty Office at (800) 892-2490.
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Pvt. 1st Class Charles R. Powers, 18, of Riverside, California, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was accounted for May 26, 2023.
In late 1941, Powers was a member of 28th Materiel Squadron, 20th Air Base Group, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December. Intense fighting continued until the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and of Corregidor Island on May 6, 1942.
Thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members were captured and interned at POW camps. Powers was among those reported captured when U.S. forces in Bataan surrendered to the Japanese. They were subjected to the 65-mile Bataan Death March and then held at the Cabanatuan POW camp. More than 2,500 POWs perished in this camp during the war.
According to prison camp and other historical records, Powers died July 18,1942, and was buried along with other deceased prisoners in the local Cabanatuan Camp Cemetery in Common Grave 312.
Following 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. In 1947, the AGRS examined the remains in an attempt to identify them. Three of the sets of remains were recovered from Common Grave 312 but were declared unidentifiable. The unidentified remains were buried at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial (MACM) as Unknowns.
In January 2018, the remains associated with Common Grave 312 were disinterred and sent to the DPAA laboratory for analysis.
To identify Powers’s remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used Mitochondrial (mtDNA) and Y-chromosome (Y-STR) DNA analysis.
Although interred as an Unknown in MACM, Powers’ grave was meticulously cared for over the past 70 years by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), along with others still missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Pfc. Powers will be buried in Riverside, California, on a July 18, 2024.
For family and funeral information, contact the Army Casualty Office at (800) 892-2490.
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USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted for from WWII (Herbert, G.)
Washington –
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Navy Gunners Mate First Class (GM1c) George Herbert, 37, of Fall River, Massachusetts, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Aug. 9, 2017.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Herbert was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Herbert.
From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu’uanu Cemeteries on Oahu.
In September 1947, tasked with recovering and identifying fallen U.S. personnel in the Pacific Theater, members of the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred the remains of U.S. casualties from the two cemeteries and transferred them to the Central Identification Laboratory at Schofield Barracks. The laboratory staff was only able to confirm the identifications of 35 men from the USS Oklahoma at that time. The AGRS subsequently buried the unidentified remains in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. In October 1949, a military board classified those who could not be identified as non-recoverable, including GM1c Herbert.
Between June and November 2015, DPAA personnel exhumed the USS Oklahoma Unknowns from the Punchbowl for analysis.
To identify Herbert’s remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.
GM1c Herbert’s name is recorded in the Courts of the Missing at the Punchbowl, along with the others who are missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
GM1c Herbert will be buried on May 30, 2024, in Igo, California.
For family and funeral information, contact the US Navy Casualty office at (901) 874-2438.
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class Bartholomew C. Loschiavo, 24, of Buffalo, New York, killed during World War II, was accounted for April 2, 2024.
In October 1944, Loschiavo was assigned to Company A, 329th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division in the European Theater. On October 1, Loschiavo was killed in action while his unit engaged German troops near Grevenmacher, Luxembourg. A witness during the battle reported Loschiavo was struck by an enemy mortar shell, injuring his legs and abdomen. While trying to reach cover, he rolled off a terrace and disappeared into cluster of grapevines. Following the battle, company medics went back to render aid but could not locate any remains of Pfc. Loschiavo. His body remained unaccounted for during, and after the war.
On February 25, 1946, American Graves Registration Command (AGRC) recovered one set of Unknown remains, designated X-323 Hamm (X-323) from the Grevenmacher village cemetery. Local residents claimed to have discovered and buried the remains in April 1945. AGRC investigators analyzed the remains, but despite their efforts were unable to make a scientific identification at the time and they were interred in the Luxembourg American Cemetery, an American Battle Monuments Commission site in Hamm, Luxembourg.
In 2020, the family of Loschiavo contacted DPAA to ask analysts to evaluate if X-323 might be his remains. Due to the incomplete documentation of X-323, DPAA historians had to conduct a comprehensive review of combat, including all unresolved casualties in the area where the remains were reportedly found. DPAA scientific staff then compared the biological profile data for all potential candidates to the data on file for the remains, finding that Loschiavo and two other soldiers were the most likely candidates. Following that multi-disciplinary analysis, in 2021 DPAA proposed X-323 for disinterment. That proposal was approved in July 2022, which unfortunately was too late for DPAA to add X-323 to its disinterment schedule that year.
In July 2023, the Department of Defense and ABMC officials exhumed the remains of X-323 for forensic analysis and comparison to unresolved American Soldiers in the area. The remains were transferred to the DPAA Laboratory for analysis.
To identify Loschiavo’s remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis, as well as chest radiograph comparisons. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.
Pfc. Loschiavo’s name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at Luxembourg American Cemetery in Hamm, Luxembourg, along with others still missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Pfc. Loschiavo will be buried in Buffalo, New York, on June 1, 2024.
For family and funeral information, contact the Army Casualty Office at (800) 892-2490.
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class Manuel Trujillo, 22, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was accounted for July 13, 2023.
In late 1942, Trujillo served in Battery C, 200th Coast Artillery Regiment, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December. Intense fighting continued until the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and of Corregidor Island on May 6, 1942.
Thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members were captured and interned at POW camps. Trujillo was among those reported captured when U.S. forces in Bataan surrendered to the Japanese. They were subjected to the 65-mile Bataan Death March and then held at the Cabanatuan POW camp. More than 2,500 POWs perished in this camp during the war.
According to prison camp and other historical records, Trujillo died July 26, 1942, and was buried along with other deceased prisoners in the local Cabanatuan Camp Cemetery in Common Grave 225.
Following 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. In 1947, the AGRS examined the remains in an attempt to identify them. Three sets of remains from Common Grave 225 were identified, but the rest were declared unidentifiable. The unidentified remains were buried at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial (MACM) as Unknowns.
In early 2018, the remains associated with Common Grave 225 were disinterred and sent to the DPAA laboratory for analysis.
To identify Trujillo’s remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and Y-chromosome DNA (Y-STR) analysis.
Although interred as an Unknown in MACM, Pfc. Trujillo’s grave was meticulously cared for over the past 70 years by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC). A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Pfc. Trujillo will be buried in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on July 26, 2024.
For family and funeral information, contact the Army Casualty Office at (800) 892-2490.
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Bruce H. Brown, 23, of Richmond, California, killed during World War II, was accounted for Sept. 22, 2023.
In December of 1942, Brown was assigned to the 401st Bombardment Squadron, 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy), Eighth Air Force. On December 20, Brown was co-piloting a B-17F “Flying Fortress,” nicknamed Danellen, when it was struck by anti-aircraft fire after a bombing raid on a German aircraft factory at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. Brown’s aircraft was last seen spinning towards the ground, crashing near the village of Bernières-sur-Seine, France. Only one airman parachuted successfully, while the other eight crew members, including Brown, were still on board. A villager witnessed the crash and confirmed there was only one survivor. The War Department issued a finding of death for 1st Lt. Brown on Dec. 20, 1943.
Beginning in 1946, the American Graves Registration Command (AGRC), Army Quartermaster Corps, was the organization tasked with recovering missing American personnel in the European Theater. Following the war, the AGRC disinterred four sets of remains later designated as X-83, X-84, X-85, and X-86 St. Andre from Evreux cemetery. They were unable to identify the remains and were interred at the Normandy American Cemetery.
In 2011, a family member of one of the Danellen crew contacted the Department of Defense after visiting the crash site and interviewing a witness who had artifacts belonging to the Danellen. In April 2011, DPAA historians re-analyzed the unknowns associated with the crew and determined there was enough evidence to pursue the case. In October that year, a DPAA Investigation Team traveled to Bernières-sur-Seine to interview the witness and learned the crash site was completely destroyed. In March 2019, the Department of Defense and the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) exhumed the unknown remains designated X-83, X-85, and X-86 St. Andre believed to be associated with the crew of the Danellen, including 1st Lt. Brown, from Normandy American Cemetery.
To identify Brown’s remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and Y-chromosome DNA (Y-STR) analysis.
1st Lt. Brown’s name is recorded on the memorialized on the Wall of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery, an American Battle Monuments Commission site in Cambridge, England, along with others still missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
1st Lt. Brown will be buried in Houston, Texas, on a date to be determined.
For family and funeral information, contact the Army Casualty Office at (800) 892-2490.
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Pvt. 1st Class Harry H. Hosfelt Jr.
Recently IdentifiedPress Release | June 6, 2024
Soldier Accounted for from WWII (Hosfelt, H.)
Washington –
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class Harry H. Hosfelt Jr., 20, of Connellsville, Pennsylvania, missing in action during World War II, was accounted for Sep. 28, 2023.
In February 1944, PFC Hosfelt was assigned to the Company A, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division. On Feb. 9, Hosfelt was killed in action when his unit was engaged by German Forces near the town of Cisterna di Latina, Italy. His body was not recovered, and the Germans never reported him a prisoner of war. The War Department issued a finding of death on Feb. 3, 1945.
Following the war, the American Graves Registration Command (AGRC), Army Quartermaster Corps, was the organization tasked with recovering missing American personnel in the European Theater. In March 1945, AGRC investigators recovered a set of remains designated as X-745, near the small hamlet of Ponte Rotto thought to be associated with Hosfelt. The investigators didn’t have enough identifying data to positively ID the remains and they were interred at USMC Nettuno, which is now Sicily-Rome American Cemetery. He was declared non-recoverable in 1948.
While studying unresolved American losses in the Anzio battlefield, a DPAA historian determined that one set of unidentified remains designated X-745 recovered near Ponte Rotto possibly belonged to PFC Hosfelt. The remains which had been buried at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuna, Italy in 1948, were disinterred in September 2021 and sent to the DPAA laboratory for identification.
To identify Hosfelt remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), analysis.
Pfc. Hosfelt’s name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery an American Battle Monuments Commission site in Nettuno, Italy, along with others still missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Pfc. Hosfelt will be buried in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, on June 29, 2024.
For family and funeral information, contact the Army Casualty Office at (800) 892-2490.
Pvt. 1st Class Orville J. Cox
Recently IdentifiedPress Release | June 4, 2024
Airman Accounted for from WWII (Cox, O.)
Washington –
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Pvt. 1st Class Orville J. Cox, 19, of Haskell, Texas, who was during World War II, was accounted for May 26, 2023.
In late 1941, Cox was a member of 34th Pursuit Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December. Intense fighting continued until the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and of Corregidor Island on May 6, 1942.
According to historical records, Cox died Feb. 8, 1942, during the Battle of the Points on the Bataan Peninsula, near Agloloma Point. Casualties from the battle were buried at several cemeteries on the Bataan Peninsula, including Mariveles #3 Cemetery.
Following the war, in November 1945, American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) personnel exhumed 40 sets of remains from the American section of Mariveles #3. At the time, 17 individuals were identified, but 23 others remained as Unknowns. In subsequent analysis, five additional remains were identified, leaving 18 Unknowns. Those remaining Unknowns were buried at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial (MACM).
In December 2022, DPAA personnel exhumed remains from MACM, including X-143, believed to be Cox, and accessioned them for analysis at the DPAA laboratory.
To identify Cox’s remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.
Although interred as an Unknown in MACM, Cox’s grave was meticulously cared for over the past 70 years by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), along with others still missing from WWII. Cox is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at MACM and a rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Cox will be buried in Haskell, Texas, on Oct. 19, 2024.
For family and funeral information, contact the Army Casualty Office at (800) 892-2490.
Pvt. 1st Class Morris E. Canady
Recently IdentifiedPress Release | June 4, 2024
Marine Accounted for from WWII (Canady, M.)
WASHINGTON –
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Marine Corps Pvt. 1st Class Morris E. Canady, killed during World War II, was accounted for May 16, 2024.
In September 1942, Canady was a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. On Sept. 24, he was killed during a firefight with Japanese forces. His body could not be recovered at the time because of the fighting. A burial party was dispatched to the area of “Hill X” and “Hill Y” on Sept. 25 where they quickly buried the Marines who died during the fighting on Sept. 24, including Canady, in Grave 2.
Private Charmning W. Rowe
Recently IdentifiedPress Release | June 4, 2024
Marine Accounted for from WWII (Rowe, C.)
WASHINGTON –
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Marine Corps Private Charmning W. Rowe, killed during World War II, was accounted for May 16, 2024.
In September 1942, Rowe was a member of Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. On Sept. 24, he was killed during a firefight with Japanese forces. His body could not be recovered at the time because of the fighting. A burial party was dispatched to the area of “Hill X” and “Hill Y” on Sept. 25 where they quickly buried the Marines who died during the fighting on Sept. 24, including Rowe, in Grave 5.
Sergeant Mayburn L. Hudson
Recently IdentifiedPress Release | June 4, 2024
Soldier Accounted for from WWII (Hudson, M.)
Washington –
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Sergeant Mayburn L. Hudson, 21, of Lynchburg, Virginia, killed during World War II, was accounted for December 14, 2023.
In August 1944, Hudson was assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division in the European Theater during World War II. On Aug 7, Hudson’s unit came under heavy German fire in the vicinity of Saint-Malo, in Brittany, France. Company F was given the order to assault a heavily fortified German position atop a hill, called “The Citadel”. Facing harsh fire from well-defended forces, the 330th Infantry Regiment suffered heavy losses, including Hudson. His body could not be recovered because of the intense fighting and he was initially listed as Missing in Action. Just a few months later as his remains were still unaccounted for in January 1945, the War Department issued a “Report of Death.”
In November 1944, the American Graves Registration Command (AGRC), the organization that searched for and recovered fallen American personnel in the European Theater, received notification from a French citizen that several Americans were buried near Paramé, close to where SGT Hudson was reportedly killed. AGRC searched the area around Paramé and Saint-Milo, finding several sets of American remains, but it was unable to identify one of them as Hudson, which was subsequently designated X-172 St James (X-172). The unidentified remains were then buried in the U.S. Military Cemetery at St. James, France, now knows as the Brittany American Cemetery.
DPAA historians have been conducting on-going research into Soldiers missing from combat around Saint-Milo and found that Unknown X-172 could be associated with Hudson. Department of Defense and American Battle Monuments Commission workers exhumed X-172 in June 2019 and transferred the remains to the DPAA Laboratory for analysis.
To identify Hudson’s remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological and dental analysis, as well as other circumstantial evidence. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.
Hudson’s name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at Brittany American Cemetery in Montjoie Saint Martin, France, along with others still missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Hudson will be buried August 7, 2024, in Lynchburg, Virginia.
For family and funeral information, contact the Army Casualty Office at (800) 892-2490.
Pvt. 1st Class Charles R. Powers
Recently IdentifiedPress Release | June 3, 2024
Airman Accounted for from WWII (Powers, C.)
Washington –
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Pvt. 1st Class Charles R. Powers, 18, of Riverside, California, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was accounted for May 26, 2023.
In late 1941, Powers was a member of 28th Materiel Squadron, 20th Air Base Group, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December. Intense fighting continued until the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and of Corregidor Island on May 6, 1942.
Thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members were captured and interned at POW camps. Powers was among those reported captured when U.S. forces in Bataan surrendered to the Japanese. They were subjected to the 65-mile Bataan Death March and then held at the Cabanatuan POW camp. More than 2,500 POWs perished in this camp during the war.
According to prison camp and other historical records, Powers died July 18,1942, and was buried along with other deceased prisoners in the local Cabanatuan Camp Cemetery in Common Grave 312.
Following 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. In 1947, the AGRS examined the remains in an attempt to identify them. Three of the sets of remains were recovered from Common Grave 312 but were declared unidentifiable. The unidentified remains were buried at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial (MACM) as Unknowns.
In January 2018, the remains associated with Common Grave 312 were disinterred and sent to the DPAA laboratory for analysis.
To identify Powers’s remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used Mitochondrial (mtDNA) and Y-chromosome (Y-STR) DNA analysis.
Although interred as an Unknown in MACM, Powers’ grave was meticulously cared for over the past 70 years by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), along with others still missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Pfc. Powers will be buried in Riverside, California, on a July 18, 2024.
For family and funeral information, contact the Army Casualty Office at (800) 892-2490.
Gunners Mate First Class George Herbert
Recently IdentifiedPress Release | June 3, 2024
USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted for from WWII (Herbert, G.)
Washington –
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Navy Gunners Mate First Class (GM1c) George Herbert, 37, of Fall River, Massachusetts, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Aug. 9, 2017.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Herbert was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Herbert.
From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu’uanu Cemeteries on Oahu.
In September 1947, tasked with recovering and identifying fallen U.S. personnel in the Pacific Theater, members of the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred the remains of U.S. casualties from the two cemeteries and transferred them to the Central Identification Laboratory at Schofield Barracks. The laboratory staff was only able to confirm the identifications of 35 men from the USS Oklahoma at that time. The AGRS subsequently buried the unidentified remains in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. In October 1949, a military board classified those who could not be identified as non-recoverable, including GM1c Herbert.
Between June and November 2015, DPAA personnel exhumed the USS Oklahoma Unknowns from the Punchbowl for analysis.
To identify Herbert’s remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.
GM1c Herbert’s name is recorded in the Courts of the Missing at the Punchbowl, along with the others who are missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
GM1c Herbert will be buried on May 30, 2024, in Igo, California.
For family and funeral information, contact the US Navy Casualty office at (901) 874-2438.
Pvt. 1st Class Bartholomew C. Loschiavo
Recently IdentifiedPress Release | June 3, 2024
Soldier Accounted for from WWII (Loschiavo, B.)
Washington –
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class Bartholomew C. Loschiavo, 24, of Buffalo, New York, killed during World War II, was accounted for April 2, 2024.
In October 1944, Loschiavo was assigned to Company A, 329th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division in the European Theater. On October 1, Loschiavo was killed in action while his unit engaged German troops near Grevenmacher, Luxembourg. A witness during the battle reported Loschiavo was struck by an enemy mortar shell, injuring his legs and abdomen. While trying to reach cover, he rolled off a terrace and disappeared into cluster of grapevines. Following the battle, company medics went back to render aid but could not locate any remains of Pfc. Loschiavo. His body remained unaccounted for during, and after the war.
On February 25, 1946, American Graves Registration Command (AGRC) recovered one set of Unknown remains, designated X-323 Hamm (X-323) from the Grevenmacher village cemetery. Local residents claimed to have discovered and buried the remains in April 1945. AGRC investigators analyzed the remains, but despite their efforts were unable to make a scientific identification at the time and they were interred in the Luxembourg American Cemetery, an American Battle Monuments Commission site in Hamm, Luxembourg.
In 2020, the family of Loschiavo contacted DPAA to ask analysts to evaluate if X-323 might be his remains. Due to the incomplete documentation of X-323, DPAA historians had to conduct a comprehensive review of combat, including all unresolved casualties in the area where the remains were reportedly found. DPAA scientific staff then compared the biological profile data for all potential candidates to the data on file for the remains, finding that Loschiavo and two other soldiers were the most likely candidates. Following that multi-disciplinary analysis, in 2021 DPAA proposed X-323 for disinterment. That proposal was approved in July 2022, which unfortunately was too late for DPAA to add X-323 to its disinterment schedule that year.
In July 2023, the Department of Defense and ABMC officials exhumed the remains of X-323 for forensic analysis and comparison to unresolved American Soldiers in the area. The remains were transferred to the DPAA Laboratory for analysis.
To identify Loschiavo’s remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis, as well as chest radiograph comparisons. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.
Pfc. Loschiavo’s name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at Luxembourg American Cemetery in Hamm, Luxembourg, along with others still missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Pfc. Loschiavo will be buried in Buffalo, New York, on June 1, 2024.
For family and funeral information, contact the Army Casualty Office at (800) 892-2490.
Pvt. 1st Class Manuel Trujillo
Recently IdentifiedPress Release | May 31, 2024
Soldier Accounted for from WWII (Trujillo, M.)
Washington –
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class Manuel Trujillo, 22, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was accounted for July 13, 2023.
In late 1942, Trujillo served in Battery C, 200th Coast Artillery Regiment, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December. Intense fighting continued until the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and of Corregidor Island on May 6, 1942.
Thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members were captured and interned at POW camps. Trujillo was among those reported captured when U.S. forces in Bataan surrendered to the Japanese. They were subjected to the 65-mile Bataan Death March and then held at the Cabanatuan POW camp. More than 2,500 POWs perished in this camp during the war.
According to prison camp and other historical records, Trujillo died July 26, 1942, and was buried along with other deceased prisoners in the local Cabanatuan Camp Cemetery in Common Grave 225.
Following 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. In 1947, the AGRS examined the remains in an attempt to identify them. Three sets of remains from Common Grave 225 were identified, but the rest were declared unidentifiable. The unidentified remains were buried at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial (MACM) as Unknowns.
In early 2018, the remains associated with Common Grave 225 were disinterred and sent to the DPAA laboratory for analysis.
To identify Trujillo’s remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and Y-chromosome DNA (Y-STR) analysis.
Although interred as an Unknown in MACM, Pfc. Trujillo’s grave was meticulously cared for over the past 70 years by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC). A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Pfc. Trujillo will be buried in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on July 26, 2024.
For family and funeral information, contact the Army Casualty Office at (800) 892-2490.
1st Lt. Bruce H. Brown
Recently IdentifiedPress Release | May 31, 2024
Pilot Accounted for from WWII (Brown, B.)
Washington –
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Bruce H. Brown, 23, of Richmond, California, killed during World War II, was accounted for Sept. 22, 2023.
In December of 1942, Brown was assigned to the 401st Bombardment Squadron, 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy), Eighth Air Force. On December 20, Brown was co-piloting a B-17F “Flying Fortress,” nicknamed Danellen, when it was struck by anti-aircraft fire after a bombing raid on a German aircraft factory at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. Brown’s aircraft was last seen spinning towards the ground, crashing near the village of Bernières-sur-Seine, France. Only one airman parachuted successfully, while the other eight crew members, including Brown, were still on board. A villager witnessed the crash and confirmed there was only one survivor. The War Department issued a finding of death for 1st Lt. Brown on Dec. 20, 1943.
Beginning in 1946, the American Graves Registration Command (AGRC), Army Quartermaster Corps, was the organization tasked with recovering missing American personnel in the European Theater. Following the war, the AGRC disinterred four sets of remains later designated as X-83, X-84, X-85, and X-86 St. Andre from Evreux cemetery. They were unable to identify the remains and were interred at the Normandy American Cemetery.
In 2011, a family member of one of the Danellen crew contacted the Department of Defense after visiting the crash site and interviewing a witness who had artifacts belonging to the Danellen. In April 2011, DPAA historians re-analyzed the unknowns associated with the crew and determined there was enough evidence to pursue the case. In October that year, a DPAA Investigation Team traveled to Bernières-sur-Seine to interview the witness and learned the crash site was completely destroyed. In March 2019, the Department of Defense and the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) exhumed the unknown remains designated X-83, X-85, and X-86 St. Andre believed to be associated with the crew of the Danellen, including 1st Lt. Brown, from Normandy American Cemetery.
To identify Brown’s remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and Y-chromosome DNA (Y-STR) analysis.
1st Lt. Brown’s name is recorded on the memorialized on the Wall of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery, an American Battle Monuments Commission site in Cambridge, England, along with others still missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
1st Lt. Brown will be buried in Houston, Texas, on a date to be determined.
For family and funeral information, contact the Army Casualty Office at (800) 892-2490.