Press Release | April 23, 2025 Sailor Accounted For From WWII (Newton, P.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Navy Seaman 1st Class (S1c) Paul E. Newton, 20, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Sept. 30, 2024. On Dec. 7, 1941, Newton was assigned to the battleship USS West Virginia, which […]
Press Release | April 22, 2025 Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Mestas, O.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Sgt. Orace J. Mestas, 22, of Trinidad, Colorado, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for Jan. 31, 2024. Mestas’s family recently received their full briefing on his identification, therefore, additional […]
Press Release | April 22, 2025 Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Curley, G.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Pfc. George Armand Curley Jr., 18, of Laconia, New Hampshire, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for March 3, 2025. Curley’s family recently received their full briefing on his identification, […]
ress Release | April 22, 2025 Soldier Accounted for from WWII (Merrill, W.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Pvt. Willard D. Merrill, 21, of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was accounted for August 19, 2024. Merrill’s family recently received their […]
Press Release | April 21, 2025 Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Estrada, A.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that Army Cpl. Albert J. Estrada, 17, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for April 16, 2025. In late 1950, Estrada was a member of Battery B, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 31st Regimental Combat […]
Press Release | April 21, 2025 Airman Accounted For From WWII (Michener, B.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Byron R. Michener, 23, killed during World War II was accounted for April 15, 2025. In the summer of 1943, Michener served as a bombardier with the 409th […]
Press Release | April 17, 2025 Soldier Accounted For From WWII (Aikman, R.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army 1st Lt. Robert P. Aikman, 40, killed during World War II, was accounted for April 2, 2025. In January 1945, Aikman was assigned to Battery D, 1st Battalion, 59th Coastal Artillery Corps. […]
ress Release | April 17, 2025 Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Manring, G.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Master Sgt. George C. Manring, 21, of Lake Wales, Florida, killed in action during the Korean War, was accounted for March 17, 2025. In September 1950, Manring was assigned to B […]
Press Release | April 17, 2025 Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Thornton, I.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Sgt. Ivor D. Thornton, 34, of Martinsville, Virginia, killed during World War II, was accounted for March 10, 2025. On June 6, 1944, “D-Day,” Sgt. Thornton landed on Omaha Beach […]
Press Release | April 16, 2025 USS California Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Bowden, E.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Navy Fireman 1st Class Edward D. Bowden, 29, killed during World War II, was accounted for on April 1, 2025. On Dec. 7, 1941, Bowden was assigned to the […]