MIA Update - July 20, 2022

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MIA Update - July 20, 2022

#1 Postby boardman » Wed Jul 20, 2022 8:34 pm

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

-- Marine Reserve Cpl. Jack S. Brown, 22, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, was a member of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, which was part of the invasion force of the island of Saipan in a larger operation to secure the Mariana Islands. On July 8, 1944, he was reported as killed in action, and posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. Following the war, his remains were declared non-recoverable. He will be buried in Norfolk, Virginia, on Aug. 13, 2022. Read about Brown https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3032501/marine-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-brown-j/.
-- Navy Fireman 1st Class Beoin H. Corzatt, 24, Arcanum, Ohio, 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 Corzatt. He will be buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl) in Honolulu, on Sep. 21, 2022. Read about Corzatt https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2484032/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-corzatt-b/.
-- Army Air Forces Sgt. Herald R. Boyd, 25, was assigned to 350th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force. On Feb. 3, 1945, the B-17G Flying Fortress bomber on which Boyd was serving as a gunner crashed when it was struck by a ground rocket during a bombing mission in Berlin. Boyd’s body was not recovered, but one of the surviving crew members confirmed that he had been killed in the crash. The War Department issued a report of death on Jan. 12, 1946. Interment services are pending. Read about Boyd https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3091197/airman-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-boyd-h/.
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