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Storekeeper 1st Class Harry E. Walker

Press Release | Feb. 10, 2022 USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Walker, H.) WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Storekeeper 1st Class Harry E. Walker, 36, of San Diego, killed during World War II, was accounted for on March 9, 2021. On Dec. 7, 1941, Walker was […]

1st Lt. Richard W. Horrigan

Press Release | Feb. 9, 2022 Pilot Accounted For From World War II (Horrigan, R.) WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Richard W. Horrigan, 24, of Chester, West Virginia, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Aug. 19, 2021. In April 1945, Horrigan was […]

Pvt. Andrew J. Ladner

Press Release | Feb. 3, 2022 Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Ladner, A.) WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Pvt. Andrew J. Ladner, 30, of Harrison City, Mississippi, killed during World War II, was accounted for July 9, 2021. In the fall of 1942, Ladner was assigned to […]

Pfc. William B. Coleman

Press Release | Jan. 28, 2022 Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Coleman, W.) WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Pfc. William B. Coleman, 21, killed during World War II, was accounted for Jan. 25, 2022. In the latter half of 1944, Coleman was assigned to Company F, 2nd […]

Pfc. Bill Morrison

Press Release | Jan. 26, 2022 Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Morrison, B.) WAHSINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Pfc. Bill Morrison, 29, of Birmingham, Alabama, killed during World War II, was accounted for July 9, 2021. In November 1944, Morrison was assigned to Company G, 2nd Battalion, 110th […]

Shipfitter 1st Class Charles F. Perdue

Press Release | Jan. 24, 2022 USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Perdue, C.) WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Shipfitter 1st Class Charles F. Perdue, 32, of Salisbury, Maryland, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Oct. 14, 2020. On Dec. 7, 1941, Perdue was […]

Cmdr. Paul C. Charvet

Press Release | Jan. 13, 2022 Pilot Accounted For From Vietnam War (Charvet, P.) WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Naval Reserve Cmdr. Paul C. Charvet, 26, of Grandview, Washington, killed during the Vietnam War, was accounted for March 1, 2021. On March 21, 1967, Charvet was the pilot of an […]

Seaman 1st Class Biacio Casola

Press Release | Jan. 12, 2022 USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Casola, B.) WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Seaman 1st Class Biacio Casola, 26, of The Bronx, New York, killed during World War II, was accounted for on July 26, 2021. On Dec. 7, 1941, Casola […]

Cpl. R.B. Cherry

Press Release | Jan. 7, 2022 Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Cherry, R.B.) WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Cpl. R.B. Cherry, 19, of Dallas, who died as a prisoner of war during the Korean War, was accounted for May 19, 2020. In late 1950, Cherry was a member of […]

Seaman 1st Class Billy Turner

Press Release | Dec. 23, 2021 USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Turner, B.) WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Seaman 1st Class Billy Turner, 20, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Oct. 1, 2021. On Dec. 7, 1941, Turner was assigned […]