MIA Update - June 20, 2023

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MIA Update: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced two 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 Cpl. Leo J. Barlosky, 24, of Audenried, Pennsylvania, was a member of the 7th Chemical Company, Aviation, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December 1941. Barlosky died in captivity on July 27, 1942. He will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia, on a date to be determined. Read about Barlosky https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3429491/soldier-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-barlosky-l/.
-- Army Pvt. David S. Whipple, 23, of Plymouth, Indiana, was a member of the 27th Materiel Squadron, 20th Air Base Group, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December 1941. Whipple died in captivity on July 26, 1942. He will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia, on a date to be determined. Read about Whipple https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3132128/soldier-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-whipple-d/.