Press Release | July 17, 2023 Airman Accounted For From World War II (Dickson, H.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Howard L. Dickson, 30, of Dayton, Ohio, killed during World War II, was accounted for Aug. 23, 2022. In the summer of 1943, Dickson was assigned […]
Press Release | July 12, 2023 USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Thompson, C.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Ship’s Cook 1st Class Clarence Thompson, 47, of New Orleans, Louisiana, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Oct. 14, 2021. On Dec. 7, 1941, Thompson was assigned […]
Press Release | July 11, 2023 Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Hom, W.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Pvt. Wing O. Hom, 20, of Boston, Massachusetts, missing in action during World War II, was accounted for April 6, 2023. In February 1944, Hom was assigned to the […]
Press Release | July 11, 2023 Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Rewis, D.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Cpl. Dewey E. Rewis Jr., 18, of Waycross, Georgia, who died as a prisoner of war during the Korean War, was accounted for Oct. 25, 2022. In late 1950, […]
Press Release | July 10, 2023 Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Powell, R.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Cpl. Rex W. Powell, 18, Valdese, North Carolina, who was killed during the Korean War, was accounted for Feb. 13, 2023 In the winter of 1950, Powell was a member […]
Press Release | July 10, 2023 Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Garcia, C.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Sgt. Cresenciano Garcia, Jr., 22, of Laredo, Texas, died as a prisoner of war during the Korean War, was accounted for Apr. 25, 2023. In August 1950, Garcia was a […]
Press Release | July 7, 2023 Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Barrett, A.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Pfc. Arthur C. Barrett, 27, of Swanton, Vermont, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was accounted for July 20, 2022. In late […]
Press Release | June 27, 2023 Pilot Accounted For From World War II (Schmidt, P.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Paul W. Schmidt, 20, of Rockville Center, New York, killed during World War II, was accounted for Sept. 28, 2022. In March 1945, Schmidt was […]
Press Release | June 27, 2023 Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Thomas, G.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Pfc. George B. Thomas, 31, of East Providence, Rhode Island, killed during World War II, was accounted for March 20, 2023. In November 1944, Thomas was assigned to Company C, […]
Press Release | June 26, 2023 Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Brooks, J.C.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Pvt. J.C. Brooks, 19, of Rockfield, Kentucky, who was killed during World War II, was accounted for Sept. 27, 2022. In the summer of 1943, Brooks was a member […]