Press Release | July 16, 2019 USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Shanahan, W.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Signalman 3rd Class William J. Shanahan, Jr., 23, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, killed during World War II, was accounted for May 31, 2019. (This identification was initially published […]
Press Release | July 16, 2019 USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Pue, J.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Fireman 3rd Class Jasper L. Pue, Jr., 21, of San Antonio, killed during World War II, was accounted for April 16, 2019. (This identification was initially published on […]
Press Release | July 16, 2019 USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Johnson, B.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Fireman 1st Class Billy J. Johnson, 22, of Caney, Kentucky, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Feb. 26, 2019. (This identification was initially published on […]
Press Release | July 15, 2019 Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Smith, W.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Cpl. William S. Smith, 19, of Vidalia, Georgia, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for on June 4, 2019. (This identification was initially published on June 6, 2019.) In the […]
Press Release | July 8, 2019 Marine Accounted For From World War II (Trotter, G.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Marine Corps Platoon Sgt. George E. Trotter, 38, of Kansas City, Missouri, killed during World War II, was accounted for on April 16, 2019. (This identification was initially published May 8, […]
Press Release | July 8, 2019 Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Winfield, S.) WASHINGTON – Navy Radioman 3rd Class Starring B. Winfield, killed during World War II, was accounted for June 24, 2019. (Official DoD release will be updated following Primary Next of Kin briefing.) On Dec. 7, 1941, Winfield was assigned to the battleship […]
Press Release | July 8, 2019 Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Thompson, H.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Pfc. Hulett A. Thompson, 23, of Carrollton, Georgia, killed during World War II, was accounted for on May 29, 2019. (This identification was initially published on June 3, 2019.) In […]
Press Release | June 27, 2019 Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Markle, E.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Cpl. Earl H. Markle, 19, of Spring Grove, Pennsylvania, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for on May 17, 2019. (This identification was initially published on May 28, 2019.) In […]
Press Release | June 27, 2019 Marine Accounted For From World War II (Kroenung, W.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Wesley L. Kroenung, Jr., 25, of South Pasadena, California, killed during World War II, was accounted for April 16, 2019. (This identification was initially published on May […]
Press Release | June 27, 2019 USS Oklahoma Twins Accounted For From World War II (Blitz, L. & Blitz, R.) WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that twin brothers, Navy Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Leo Blitz, and Navy Fireman 1st Class Rudolph Blitz, both 20, of Lincoln, Nebraska, killed during World War II, […]