MIA Update - May 30, 2023

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

--Army Air Forces Tech. Sgt. James M. Howie, 24, of Chester, Illinois, was assigned to the 345th Bombardment Squadron, 98th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force. On Aug. 1, 1943, the B-24 Liberator on which he was radio operator was hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire and crashed during Operation Tidal Wave. He will be buried in his hometown on June 3, 2023. Read about Howie https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3163000/airman-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-howie-j/.
--Marine Corps Cpl. Raymond J. Tuhey, 24, of Chicago, Illinois, was a member of Company B, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force. He died during battle on Nov. 23, 1943. He will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on June 5, 2023. Read about Tuhey https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2165685/marine-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-tuhey-r/.
--Naval Reserve Ensign Stanley W. Allen, 25, of Brunswick, Maine, 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. He was among the 429 crewmen killed that day. He will be buried in Augusta, Maine, on July 18, 2023. Read about Allen https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News- ... i-allen-s/.
--Navy Aviation Radioman First Class Wilbur A. Mitts, 24, of Seaside, California, was assigned to the Navy Torpedo Squadron 20, USS Enterprise. On Sept. 10, 1944, he was a crew member on board a TBM-1C Avenger bomber that was struck by enemy anti-aircraft fire and crashed. He will be buried in his hometown on Sept. 11, 2023. Read about Mitts https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3327175/sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-mitts-w/.
--Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. James Litherland, 25, of South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, was assigned to the 359th Squadron, 303rd Bombardment Group. On Feb. 28, 1944, the B-17F Flying Fortress he was co-piloting was struck by anti-aircraft fire. Litherland was declared non-recoverable on Dec. 26, 1950. He will be buried in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, on a date yet to be determined. Read about Litherland https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3402624/pilot-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-litherland-j/.