Press Release | Oct. 20, 2021 USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Mabine, O.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Mess Attendant 1st Class Octavius Mabine, 21, of Portsmouth, Virginia, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Nov. 24, 2020. On Dec. 7, 1941, Mabine was […]
Press Release | Oct. 19, 2021 USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Butts, R.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Ship’s Cook 1st Class Rodger C. Butts, 47, of Portsmouth, Virginia, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Sept. 28, 2020. On Dec. 7, 1941, Butts […]
Press Release | Oct. 19, 2021 Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Schwartz, E.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Pvt. Emmet W. Schwartz, 24, of Dover, Ohio, killed during World War II, was accounted for July 9, 2021. In December 1944, Schwartz was assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, […]
Press Release | Oct. 19, 2021 Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Agard, R.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Cpl. Robert C. Agard, Jr., 19, of Buffalo, New York, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for Sept. 29, 2020. In July 1950, Agard was a member of 2nd Platoon, […]
Press Release | Oct. 18, 2021 Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Linder, W.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Staff Sgt. William R. Linder, 30, of Piedmont, South Carolina, killed during World War II, was accounted for Sept. 23, 2021. In late 1944, Linder was assigned to Company E, […]
Press Release | Oct. 12, 2021 Airman Accounted For From World War II (Petersen, A.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Alan E. Petersen, 23, of Brownton, Minnesota, killed during World War II, was accounted for July 9, 2021. In the summer of 1943, Petersen was […]
Press Release | Oct. 8, 2021 USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Saunders, C.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Seaman 2nd Class Charles L. Saunders, 18, of Winnie, Texas, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Feb. 11, 2021. On Dec. 7, 1941, Saunders was […]
Press Release | Oct. 7, 2021 USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Carney, H.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Machinist’s Mate 1st Class Harold F. Carney, 23, of New Diggings, Wisconsin, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Nov. 19, 2015. On Dec. 7, 1941, […]
Press Release | Oct. 5, 2021 Airman Accounted For From World War II (Wiemerslage, F.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Sgt. Francis W. Wiemerslage, 20, of River Grove, Illinois, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Aug. 24, 2021. In March 1945, Wiemerslage was assigned […]
Press Release | Oct. 5, 2021 USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Robertson, J.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Seaman 2nd Class Joseph M. Robertson, 18, killed during World War II, was accounted for on June 18, 2020. On Dec. 7, 1941, Robertson was assigned to the […]