MIA Update - April 4, 2022

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MIA Update - April 4, 2022

#1 Postby boardman » Mon Apr 04, 2022 7:48 pm

MIA Update: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced four burial updates and two new identifications for service members who have been missing and unaccounted-for from World War II. Returning home for burial with full military honors are:

-- Navy Seaman 1st Class Wilbur F. Newton, 29, of San Leandro, California, was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, 1941. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Newton. He will be buried in Mound City, Missouri, on May 28, 2022. Read about Newton https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2875872/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-newton-w/.
-- Navy Fire Controlman 2nd Class George Gilbert, 20, was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, 1941. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Gilbert. He will be buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl) in Honolulu, on Jun. 6, 2022. Read about Gilbert https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2325265/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-gilbert-g/.
-- Army Staff Sgt. Gerald R. Helms, 29, of Chicago, was assigned to Company E, 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. In 1944, he was reported missing in action near Katerbosch, Netherlands, during Operation Market Garden after he failed to return from a lone scouting mission. His body was never found by his unit, and there was no evidence he had ever been captured. A presumptive finding of death was issued on Oct. 3, 1945. Helms will be buried in Elwood, Illinois, on a date yet to be determined. Read about Helms https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2714492/soldier-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-helms-g/.
-- Army Pfc. William L. Groh, 22, of Tiffin, Ohio, was assigned to Company F, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. He was reported killed in action on Nov. 20, 1944, when his unit was engaged in battle with German forces near Hürtgen, Germany. Following the battle, his remains could not be recovered. Groh will be buried in Phoenix, on a date yet to be determined. Read about Groh https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2705239/soldier-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-groh-w/.
-- Army Pfc. Sanford K. Bowen, 26, was assigned to Company I, 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division. He was reported killed in action on Jan. 20, 1945, when Company I and four other companies were engaged in battle with German forces near Reipertswiller, France. Bowen could not be recovered because of the ongoing fighting. Interment services are pending. Read about Bowen https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2980987/soldier-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-bowen-s/.
-- Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Louis V. Girard, 20, was assigned to 68th Bombardment Squadron, 44th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force. On Aug. 1, 1943, the B-24 Liberator aircraft on which Girard was piloting crashed as a result of anti-aircraft fire during Operation Tidal Wave. Following the war, his remains could not be identified. Interment services are pending. Read about Girard https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2982540/pilot-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-girard-l/.
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