MIA Update - April 10, 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 and the Korean War. Returning home for burial with full military honors are:

--Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Noel E. Shoup, 25, of Dublin, Texas, was assigned to the 359th Bombardment Squadron, 303rd Bombardment Group. He went missing in action on Feb. 28, 1944. The War Department issued a finding of death on July 14, 1945. He will be buried in his hometown on Sept. 11, 2023. Read about Shoup https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3466744/pilot-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-shoup-n/.
--Army Sgt. 1st Class James L. Wilkinson, 19, of Bowden, Georgia, was a member of G Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Sept. 8, 1950. The Army issued a presumptive finding of death on Dec. 31, 1953. He will be buried on Sept. 16, 2023, in Barrow County, Georgia. Read about Wilkinson https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3471112/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-wilkinson-j/.
--Army Sergeant John W. Radanovich, 23, of Mount Olive, Illinois, was assigned to Company G, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 1, 1944. The Army issued a presumptive finding of death in December 1945. He will be buried in his hometown on a date yet to be determined. Read about Radanovich https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3467949/soldier-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-radanovich-j/.
-- Army Air Forces Sgt. Donal C. Aiken, 22, of Everett, Washington, was assigned to the 678th Bombardment Squadron, 444th Bombardment Group, 58th Bombardment Wing, Twentieth Bomber Command. He went missing in action on June 26, 1944, and was declared non-recoverable on Jan. 2, 1948. His status was changed to recoverable in 2018. He will be buried in Madison, Tennessee, on a date yet to be determined. Read about Aiken https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3469683/airman-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-aiken-d/.
--Army Cpl. Gordon D. McCarthy, 20, of Palmer, Michigan, was a member of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 2, 1950. He will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on a date yet to be determined. Read about McCarthy https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3471224/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-mccarthy-g/.