MIA Update - December 19, 2022
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2022 12:23 pm
MIA Update: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced one burial update and two new identifications 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 Air Forces Staff Sgt. Michael Uhrin, 21, of Metuchen, New Jersey, was assigned to 369th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group, 40th Combat Wing, 8th Air Force. On Oct. 14, 1943, the B-17F Flying Fortress bomber on which Uhrin was serving as a radio operator was shot down by enemy fighters. The surviving crew reported he was killed before the plane crashed. Following the war, his remains could not be identified. He will be buried in his hometown on a date yet to be determined. Read about Uhrin https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3040157/airman-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-uhrin-m/.
-- Army Pfc. James L. Miller, 21, was assigned to Company K, 3rd Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was reported killed in action on July 30, 1950, when his unit took part in the unsuccessful defense against North Korean forces near the town of Sangju, South Korea. Following the war, his remains could not be recovered and there was no evidence that he was a prisoner of war. Interment services are pending. Read about Miller https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3243599/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-miller-j/.
-- Army Pfc. William L. Simon, 20, was assigned to Company G, 2nd Battalion,109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division. He was reported killed in action on Nov. 5, 1944, when his unit was engaged in battle with German forces near Hürtgen, Germany. Following the war, his remains could not be recovered and there was no evidence that he was a prisoner of war. Interment services are pending. Read about Simon https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3243586/soldier-accounted-for-from-ww-ii-simon-w/.
-- Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Michael Uhrin, 21, of Metuchen, New Jersey, was assigned to 369th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group, 40th Combat Wing, 8th Air Force. On Oct. 14, 1943, the B-17F Flying Fortress bomber on which Uhrin was serving as a radio operator was shot down by enemy fighters. The surviving crew reported he was killed before the plane crashed. Following the war, his remains could not be identified. He will be buried in his hometown on a date yet to be determined. Read about Uhrin https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3040157/airman-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-uhrin-m/.
-- Army Pfc. James L. Miller, 21, was assigned to Company K, 3rd Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was reported killed in action on July 30, 1950, when his unit took part in the unsuccessful defense against North Korean forces near the town of Sangju, South Korea. Following the war, his remains could not be recovered and there was no evidence that he was a prisoner of war. Interment services are pending. Read about Miller https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3243599/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-miller-j/.
-- Army Pfc. William L. Simon, 20, was assigned to Company G, 2nd Battalion,109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division. He was reported killed in action on Nov. 5, 1944, when his unit was engaged in battle with German forces near Hürtgen, Germany. Following the war, his remains could not be recovered and there was no evidence that he was a prisoner of war. Interment services are pending. Read about Simon https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3243586/soldier-accounted-for-from-ww-ii-simon-w/.