Three MIAs Recovered

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Three MIAs Recovered: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced the identification of remains belonging to two Army Air Forces pilots lost during World War II, and a soldier lost during the Korean War. Recovered are:
-- Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Edward F. Barker, 21, of Herkimer, N.Y., will be buried Aug. 1 in his hometown. On Sept. 30, 1944, Barker was piloting a P-47D Thunderbolt that failed to return from a training mission in Papua New Guinea. Read more at: http://www.dpaa.mil/NewsStories/NewsRel ... arker.aspx .
-- Army Air Forces 1st Lt. William O. Pile, 24, of Aideville, Ohio, was piloting a B-26C Invader on a mission near Bastogne, Belgium, when he was shot down by enemy fighters on Dec. 23, 1944. He was assigned to the 559th Bombardment Squadron, 387th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Forces, and will be buried with full military honors on a date and at a location yet to be determined.
-- Army Pfc. George L. Rights, 23, of Winston-Salem, N.C., will be buried Aug. 9 in his hometown. In Feb. 1951, rights and elements of Battery B, 15th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, were supporting the Republic of South Korea when the 15th FA was attacked by Chinese forces near Hoengsong, South Korea. Following the battle, Rights was reported as missing in action. Read more at: http://www.dpaa.mil/NewsStories/NewsRel ... ights.aspx .