MIA Update - August 14, 2023

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

--Army Sgt. Bernard J. Sweeney Jr., 22, of Waterbury, Connecticut, was assigned to Company I, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 16, 1944. He will be buried in Wading River, New York, on Oct. 10, 2023. Read about Sweeney https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2663635/soldier-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-sweeney-b/.
--Army Air Forces Sgt. Willard S. Kendall, 23, of Chicago, Illinois, was assigned to the 32d Bombardment Squadron, 301st Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force. He was reported killed in action on Feb. 25, 1944. He will be buried in Forest Park, Illinois, on a date to be determined. Read about Kendall https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3489212/airman-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-kendall-w/
--Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Alfred W. Pezzella, 27, of Newton, Massachusetts, was assigned to the 328th Bombardment Squadron, 93d Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force. He went missing in action on Aug. 1, 1943. He will be buried in Bourne, Massachusetts, on a date to be determined. Read about Pezzella https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3488428/airman-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-pezzella-a/.
--Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Walter B. Miklosh, 21, of Chicago, Illinois, was assigned to the 678th Bombardment Squadron, 444th Bombardment Group, 58th Bombardment Wing, Twentieth Bomber Command. He was killed in action on June 26, 1944. He will be buried in Sierra Vista, Arizona, on a date to be determined. Read about Miklosh https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3483092/airman-accounted-for-from-wwii-miklosh-w/.
--Army Cpl. Francis James Jury, 23, of Clearfield, Pennsylvania, was a member of Heavy Mortar Company, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 2, 1950. He will be buried in Annville, Pennsylvania, on a date to be determined. Read about Jury https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2936935/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-jury-f/.
--Marine Corps Capt. Ralph J. Chipman, was assigned to Marine All-Weather Attack Squadron 533, Marine Attack Group 12, 1st Marine Air Wing. He went missing in action on Dec. 27, 1972, and was reported killed in action in July 1974. His burial date and location are to be determined. Read about Chipman https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3487948/pilot-accounted-for-from-vietnam-chipman-r/.