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Chief Machinist’s Mate Class Lada Smisek

Press Release | Jan. 19, 2021 Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Smisek, L.) WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Chief Machinist’s Mate Class Lada Smisek, 42, of Cleveland, Ohio, killed during World War II, was accounted for Aug. 19, 2019. In 1942, Smisek served at the Naval Ammunition Depot […]

Fireman 3rd Class William L. Barnett

Press Release | Jan. 5, 2021 USS West Virginia Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Barnett, W.) WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Fireman 3rd Class William L. Barnett, 21, of Fort Scott, Kansas, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Sept. 14, 2020. On Dec. 7, 1941, […]

Mess Attendant 3rd Class Isaac Parker

Press Release | Dec. 22, 2020 USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Parker, I.) WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Mess Attendant 3rd Class Isaac Parker, 17, of Woodson, Arkansas, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Sept. 8, 2020. On Dec. 7, 1941, Parker was […]

Seaman 2nd Class Charles A. Jones

Press Release | Dec. 17, 2020 USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Jones, C.) WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Seaman 2nd Class Charles A. Jones, 21, of Harvard, Nebraska, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Sept. 28, 2020. On Dec. 7, 1941, Jones was […]

Cpl. Elmer E. Drefahl

Press Release | Dec. 17, 2020 USS Oklahoma Marine Accounted For From World War II (Drefahl, E.) WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Marine Corps Cpl. Elmer E. Drefahl, 22, of Milwaukee, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Sept. 29, 2020. On Dec. 7, 1941, Drefahl was assigned to […]

Sgt. Billy V. Rodgers

Press Release | Dec. 17, 2020 Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Rodgers, B.) WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Sgt. Billy V. Rodgers, 19, of Panama, Oklahoma, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for April 9, 2020. In late 1950, Rodgers was a member of Company A, 1st Battalion, […]

Chief Warrant Officer John G. Connolly

Press Release | Dec. 8, 2020 USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Connolly, J.) WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Chief Warrant Officer John G. Connolly, 48, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Dec. 3, 2020. On Dec. 7, 1941, Connolly was assigned to the […]

Chief Carpenter’s Mate Tedd M. Furr

Press Release | Dec. 1, 2020 USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Furr, T.) WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Chief Carpenter’s Mate Tedd M. Furr, 39, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Nov. 5, 2020. On Dec. 7, 1941, Furr was assigned to the […]

Seaman 1st Class Carl S. Johnson

Press Release | Dec. 1, 2020 USS West Virginia Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Johnson, C.) WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Seaman 1st Class Carl S. Johnson, 20, of Phoenix, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Aug. 19, 2019. On Dec. 7, 1941, Johnson was […]

Staff Sgt. Louis S. Doddo

Press Release | Nov. 30, 2020 Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Doddo, L.) WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Staff Sgt. Louis S. Doddo, 30, of South Norwalk, Connecticut, killed during World War II, was accounted for Nov. 3, 2020. In July 1944, Doddo was a member of the […]