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Shopfitter 3rd Class Francis L. Hannon

Press Release | June 29, 2022 USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Hannon, F.) WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Shopfitter 3rd Class Francis L. Hannon, 20, of Middletown, Indiana, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Aug. 28, 2017. On Dec. 7, 1941, Hannon was […]

Tech. Sgt. Ross H. Thompson

Press Release | June 16, 2022 Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Thompson, R.) WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Tech. Sgt. Ross H. Thompson, 50, of Maryville, Tennessee, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was accounted for Nov. 10, 2021. In […]

Staff Sgt. Casimir P. Lobacz

Press Release | June 16, 2022 Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Lobacz, C.) WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Casimir P. Lobacz, 25, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, killed during World War II, was accounted for March 2, 2022. In the early fall of 1944, Lobacz was assigned […]

Pfc. Sanford Keith Bowen

Press Release | June 13, 2022 Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Bowen, S.) WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Pfc. Sanford Keith Bowen, 26, of Ashland, Ohio, killed during World War II, was accounted for March 21, 2022. In January 1945, Bowen was assigned to Company I, 3rd […]

Gunnery Sgt. Arthur B. Summers

Press Release | June 10, 2022 Marine Accounted For From World War II (Summers, A.) WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Arthur B. Summers, 27, of Poplar, Montana, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Oct. 17, 2019. In November 1943, Summers was a member of […]

Seaman 1st Class Houston Temples

Press Release | June 9, 2022 USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Temples, H.) WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Seaman 1st Class Houston Temples, 24, of Varnado, Louisiana, killed during World War II, was accounted for on April 16, 2021. On Dec. 7, 1941, Temples was assigned […]

Fireman 3rd Class Clarence A. Blaylock

Press Release | June 8, 2022 USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Blaylock, C.) WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Fireman 3rd Class Clarence A. Blaylock, 20, of Fort Worth, Texas, killed during World War II, was accounted for on July 29, 2019. On Dec. 7, 1941, Blaylock […]

Seaman 1st Class William Brooks

Press Release | May 31, 2022 USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Brooks, W.) WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Seaman 1st Class William Brooks, 19, of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, killed during World War II, was accounted for on May 19, 2021. On Dec. 7, 1941, Brooks was […]

Fire Controlman 3rd Class Jack A. Breedlove

Press Release | May 23, 2022 USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Breedlove, J.) WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Fire Controlman 3rd Class Jack A. Breedlove, 19, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, killed during World War II, was accounted for on March 1, 2021. On Dec. 7, 1941, […]

1st Lt. Louis V. Girard

Press Release | May 23, 2022 Pilot Accounted For From World War II (Girard, L.) WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Louis V. Girard, 20, of West, Texas, killed during World War II, was accounted for March 28, 2022. In the summer of 1943, Girard was […]