Navy Seaman 2nd Class D.T. Kyser, killed during World War II, was accounted for Aug. 9, 2019. (Official DoD release will be updated following Primary Next of Kin briefing.) On Dec. 7, 1941, Kyser was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which...
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Army Sgt. David C. Sewell, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for Sept. 23, 2019. (Official DoD release will be updated following Primary Next of Kin briefing.) In late 1950, Hummel was a member of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action Nov. 28, 1950, in the vicinity of the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea, when...
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Army Cpl. Jerome V. Hummel, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for Sept. 23, 2019. (Official DoD release will be updated following Primary Next of Kin briefing.) In late 1950, Hummel was a member of Heavy Mortar Company, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action Nov. 30, 1950, in the vicinity of the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea, when his...
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Radioman 2nd Class Floyd A. Wells, 24, of Cavalier, North Dakota, killed during World War II, was accounted for June 17, 2019. (This identification was initially published July 8, 2019.) On Dec. 7, 1941, Wells was assigned to the battleship USS Arizona, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked...
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Army Cpl. Kenneth E. Ford, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for Sept. 18, 2019. (Official DoD release will be updated following Primary Next of Kin briefing.) In late 1950, Ford was a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 2, 1950, in the vicinity of the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea, when his unit...
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Sgt. Willie V. Galvan, 24, of Bexar County, Texas, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for July 30, 2019. (This identification was initially published Aug. 7, 2019.) In late 1950, Galvan was a member of Medical Company, 7th Infantry Division, 31st Regimental Combat Team. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 1, 1950,...
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that Army Cpl. Harold Pearce, 25, of Dillon, South Carolina, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for July 20, 2019. (This identification was initially published July 31, 2019.) July 1950, Pearce was a member of 1st Platoon, 24th Military Police Company, 24th Infantry Division. He was killed July 10, 1950, when his unit was withdrawing from the...
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today Army 1st Lt. Herschel H. Mattes, 22, of Pittsburgh, was accounted for July 29, 2019. (This identification was initially published July 31, 2019.) In early 1944, Mattes was a pilot, assigned to the 525th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 86th Fighter-Bomber Group. On March 6, 1944, while on an armed reconnaissance mission, his A-36A, Apache aircraft crashed approximately 2.5 miles...
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Army Cpl. Henry L. Phillips, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for Sept. 17, 2019. (Official DoD release will be updated following Primary Next of Kin briefing.) In late 1950, Phillips was a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action Nov. 28, 1950, when he could not be accounted for by his unit...
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Army Cpl. Lloyd B. Odom, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for Sept. 12, 2019. (Official DoD release will be updated following Primary Next of Kin briefing.) In late 1950, Odom was a member of Company A, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, 31st Regimental Combat Team. He was reported missing in action Dec. 2, 1950, when he could not be accounted...
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