The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Tech. 5th Grade John E. Bainbridge, 23, of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, killed during World War II, was accounted for on June 24, 2019. (This identification was initially announced on June 26, 2019.) On Dec. 2, 1942, Bainbridge was a member of Company C, 128th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, when his unit engaged in an assault...
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today Army Pvt. James I. Trick, 25, of Hughesville, Pennsylvania, was accounted for July 8, 2019. (This identification was initially published July 11, 2019.) In late 1944, Trick was a member of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, which was engaged against enemy forces in the Hürtgen Forest, near Germeter, Germany. He reportedly killed...
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Navy Seaman 1st Class Stewart Jordan, killed during World War II, was accounted for Aug. 27, 2019. (Official DoD release will be updated following Primary Next of Kin briefing.) In 1944, Jordan was assigned to the USS Nelson, which was anchored off the coast of Normandy, France. He was killed June 12, 1944, when the ship was hit by enemy fire. Following the war, his...
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Army Cpl. Gudmund C. Johnson, Jr., killed during the Korean War, was accounted for Aug. 27, 2019. (Official DoD release will be updated following Primary Next of Kin briefing.) On Nov. 28, 1950, Johnson was a member of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, when he was captured by enemy forces near Unsan, North Korea., He reportedly died while a prisoner...
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Army Cpl. Charles H. Grubb, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for Aug. 27, 2019. (Official DoD release will be updated following Primary Next of Kin briefing.) In late 1950, Grubb was a member of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 1, 1950, in the vicinity of the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea,...
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Pfc. Vincent J. Ferrara, 19, of Chicago, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Dec. 17, 2018. In November 1944, Ferrara was a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, when his company attacked enemy pillboxes and defensive positions in the Raffelsbrand Sector of the Hürtgen Forest, near...
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Navy Fireman 2nd Class Albert Renner, killed during World War II, was accounted for Aug. 19, 2019. (Official DoD release will be updated following Primary Next of Kin briefing.) On Dec. 7, 1941, Renner was assigned to the battleship USS West Virginia, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS West Virginia sustained multiple torpedo...
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Machinist’s Mate 1st Class Ulis C. Steely, 25, of Corbin, Kentucky, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Oct. 15, 2018. (This identification was initially published on Nov. 16, 2018.) On Dec. 7, 1941, Steely was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship...
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Master Sgt. James G. Cates, 29, of Philadelphia, Mississippi, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for on May 31, 2019. (This identification was initially published June 4, 2019.) In late November 1950, Cates was a member of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. Approximately 2,500 U.S. and 700 South Korean...
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Pvt. Laurel W. Ebert, 27, of Blairstown, Iowa, killed during World War II, was accounted for on July 1, 2019. (This identification was initially published on July 9, 2019.) On Nov. 26, 1942, Ebert was a member of Company I, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving as part of a nine-person patrol to find...
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