MIA Update - May 9, 2022

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

-- Army Pfc. William J. Sharp, 18, of Osborn, Ohio, was assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was reported killed in action on July 24, 1950, after his unit sustained heavy casualties while defending against the North Korean army’s advance near Hwanggan, South Korea. Following the war, his remains could not be recovered. He will be buried in Dayton, Ohio, on May 20, 2022. Read about Sharp https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2456002/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-sharp-w/.
-- Army Pvt. Walter G. Wildman, 20, of Bristol, Pennsylvania, was assigned to Company M, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. On Nov.13, 1944, his unit was part of the Hürtgen Forest offensive in Germany, when he was reported killed in action. Following the battle his remains could not be recovered. He will be buried in Newton, Pennsylvania, on May 23, 2022. Read about Wildman https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2921542/soldier-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-wildman-w/.
-- Army Pfc. Jack E. Lilley, 19, of Wadsworth, Ohio was assigned to Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on July 20,1950, after his unit was forced to retreat from the vicinity of Taejon, South Korea. Following the battle, his remains could not be recovered. He will be buried in Westerville, Ohio, on June 14, 2022. Read about Lilley https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2839970/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-lilley-j/.
-- Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Newell F. Mills Jr., 21, of St. Petersburg, Florida, was assigned to the 354th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group. On April 7, 1945, Mills was piloting a P-51D Mustang fighter escorting a formation of B-24 Liberator bombers to a target in Geesthacht, Germany. The formation encountered German fighters near Bremen, where he and the other escort pilots engaged the Germans. Following the mission, Mills and his wingman never returned to base or were reported as prisoners of war. The War Department issued an administrative Finding of Death on April 8, 1946. He will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on a date yet to be determined. Read about Mills https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2958722/pilot-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-mills-n/.