MIA Recovery Update

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MIA Recovery Update: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency recently announced identifications of remains and burial updates for one Marine and three soldiers who had been missing in action from World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Returned home are:
-- Marine Corps Cpl. James D. Otto, 20, of Los Angeles, will be buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery on Dec. 8. He was killed in action on Nov. 20, 1943, while fighting on the Pacific island of Tarawa. He was assigned to Company L, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division. Read more at: http://www.dpaa.mil/NewsStories/NewsRel ... -otto.aspx.
-- Army Sgt. Robert C. Dakin, 22, will be buried with full military honors on Dec. 12 in his hometown of Waltham, Mass. He was assigned to Company L, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, when he was lost in North Korea on Dec. 12, 1950.
-- Army Sgt. Billy J. Williams, who was assigned to the 2nd Reconnaissance Company, 2nd Infantry Division, was lost in North Korea on Feb. 14, 1951.
-- Army Sgt. 1st Class Billy D. Hill, 21, of Fallon, Nev., was assigned to the 282nd Aviation Company, 14th Aviation Battalion, 17th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade, when he was lost in Vietnam on Jan. 21, 1968.