MIA Update - August 21, 2023

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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 the Korean War. Returning home for burial with full military honors are:

--Army Pfc. Lex L. Lillard, 20, of Tucson, Arizona, was a member of the Medical Department of Manila and Subic Bays. He died while a prisoner of war on July 19, 1942. He will be buried in Jay, Oklahoma, on Sept. 23, 2023. Read about Lillard https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3492053/soldier-accounted-for-from-wwii-lillard-l/.

--Army Sgt. Richard M. Sharrow, 22, of Marienville, Pennsylvania, was a member of Company F, 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 Sept. 25, 2023. Read about Sharrow https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3492275/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-sharrow-r/.

--Army Pvt. Alvin D. Thurman, 21, of Broken Bow, Oklahoma, was a member of 1st Platoon, A Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was reported killed in action on Nov. 6, 1951. The Army issued a presumptive finding of death on Nov. 28, 1951. He will be buried in his hometown on Oct. 21, 2023. Read about Thurman https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3493454/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-thurman-a/.