MIA Update - June 5, 2023
Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2023 3:58 pm
MIA Update: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced three 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 Pvt. Robert R. Gruwell, 20, of Los Angeles, California, was assigned to Company G, 3rd Battalion, 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team. On Aug. 15, 1944, he went missing during Operation Dragoon, and was later declared killed in action on May 15, 1945. He will be buried in Riverside, California, on June 8, 2023. Read about Gruwell https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3162889/soldier-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-gruwell-r/.
--Army Pfc. Billy A. DeBord, 18, of Miamisburg, Ohio, was a member of F Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Eighth U.S. Army. He was reported missing in action on July 25, 1950. The Army issued a presumptive finding of death on Dec. 31, 1953. He will be buried in his hometown on Nov. 11, 2023. Read about DeBord https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3411126/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-debord-b/.
--Army Pfc. Leonard E. Adams, 25, of Dana, Indiana, was assigned to Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division. He was killed on Jan. 20, 1945, near Reipertswiller, France, and was later declared non-recoverable on May 4, 1951. He will be buried in Radcliff, Kentucky, on a date yet to be determined. Read about Adams https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3409805/soldier-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-adams-l/.
--Army Pvt. Robert R. Gruwell, 20, of Los Angeles, California, was assigned to Company G, 3rd Battalion, 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team. On Aug. 15, 1944, he went missing during Operation Dragoon, and was later declared killed in action on May 15, 1945. He will be buried in Riverside, California, on June 8, 2023. Read about Gruwell https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3162889/soldier-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-gruwell-r/.
--Army Pfc. Billy A. DeBord, 18, of Miamisburg, Ohio, was a member of F Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Eighth U.S. Army. He was reported missing in action on July 25, 1950. The Army issued a presumptive finding of death on Dec. 31, 1953. He will be buried in his hometown on Nov. 11, 2023. Read about DeBord https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3411126/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-debord-b/.
--Army Pfc. Leonard E. Adams, 25, of Dana, Indiana, was assigned to Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division. He was killed on Jan. 20, 1945, near Reipertswiller, France, and was later declared non-recoverable on May 4, 1951. He will be buried in Radcliff, Kentucky, on a date yet to be determined. Read about Adams https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3409805/soldier-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-adams-l/.