MIA Update - April 1, 2024

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MIA Update: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced four 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 Tech. Sgt. Robert Allen, 20, of Oakland, California, was assigned to the 860th Bombardment Squadron, 493rd Bombardment Group. He was killed in action on Aug. 18, 1944. He will be buried in San Diego, California, on July 12, 2024. Read about Allen https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3717607/airman-accounted-for-from-wwii-allen-r/.
-- Army Sgt. John O. Herrick, 19, of Emporia, Kansas, was assigned to Company B, 149th Engineer Combat Battalion. He was killed in action en route to Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. He will be buried in his hometown on Nov. 11, 2024. Read about Herrick https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3717746/soldier-accounted-for-from-wwii-herrick-j/
-- Army Air Forces Sgt. Frank J. Seiferheld, 25, of New York, New York, was assigned to the 348th Bombardment Squadron, 99th Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force. He went missing in action on Jan. 20, 1945. Interment services are pending. Read about Seiferheld https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3717746/soldier-accounted-for-from-wwii-herrick-j/.
-- Army Pvt. 1st Class Jimmy D. Smith, 21, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, and was a member of Medical Company, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Eighth U.S. Army. He was killed in action on July 30, 1950. He will be buried in Kingsburg, California, on a date to be determined. Read about Smith https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3716188/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-smith-j/.