MIA Update - August 31, 2018

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MIA Update: This week, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced fifteen new identifications. Returning home with full military honors are:
-- Navy Cmdr. James B. Mills was assigned to Fighter Squadron Twenty One, aboard the USS Coral Sea, where he served as an F-4B Radar Intercept Officer. On the night of Sept. 21, 1966, he departed on an armed reconnaissance mission over then-North Vietnam. During the mission, the other aircraft lost contact with Mills’ aircraft, and his plane did not return to the ship. An extensive search was conducted with negative results. Based on this information, Mills was declared missing in action. Interment services are pending. Read about Mills http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-R ... r-mills-j/.
-- Marine Corps Reserve Staff Sgt. Richard J. Murphy was a member of 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, which landed at Red Beach, Saipan. Reports provide little information of what happened to Murphy after landing on Saipan, and he was declared missing in action as of June 15, 1944. On May 22, 1945, his status was amended to killed in action. Interment services are pending. Read about Murphy http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent ... -murphy-r/.
-- Navy Reserve Pharmacist's Mate 3rd Class William H. Blancheri was a member of Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force, which landed against stiff Japanese resistance on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands. Over several days of intense fighting at Tarawa, approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors were killed and more than 2,000 were wounded. Blancheri died on the first day of the battle, Nov. 20, 1943. Interment services are pending. Read about Blancheri http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent ... ancheri-w/.
-- Marine Corps Reserve Tech Sgt. Harry A. Carlsen was a member of Company A, 2nd Amphibian Tractor Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force, which landed against stiff Japanese resistance on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands. Over several days of intense fighting at Tarawa, approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors were killed and more than 2,000 were wounded. Carlsen died on the first day of the battle, Nov. 20, 1943. Interment services are pending. Read about Carlsen http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent ... carlsen-h/.
-- Marine Corps Capt. Lester A. Schade was a member of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment. In April 1942, he was captured by enemy forces and held as a prisoner of war in the Philippine Islands. On Jan. 9, 1945, the prisoner transport ship he was aboard was attacked by American forces. Schade was listed as missing, but presumed dead as a result of the incident. Interment services are pending. Read about Schade http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent ... -schade-l/.
-- Navy Fire Controlman Edward J. Shelden was assigned to the USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, on Dec. 7, 1941, when the ship sustained multiple torpedo hits and quickly capsized, resulting in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Shelden. Interment services are pending. Read about Shelden http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent ... shelden-e/.
-- Navy Seaman 1st Class Wesley V. Jordan was assigned to the USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, on Dec. 7, 1941, when the ship sustained multiple torpedo hits and quickly capsized, resulting in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Jordan. Interment services are pending. Read about Jordan http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent ... -jordan-w/.
-- Navy Seaman 1st Class Hale McKissack was assigned to the USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, on Dec. 7, 1941, when the ship sustained multiple torpedo hits and quickly capsized, resulting in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including McKissack. Interment services are pending. Read about McKissack http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent ... kissack-h/.
-- Navy Fireman 2nd Class Carl D. Dorr was assigned to the USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, on Dec. 7, 1941, when the ship sustained multiple torpedo hits and quickly capsized, resulting in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Dorr. Interment services are pending. Read about Dorr. http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent ... or-dorr-c/
-- Navy Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Archie T. Miles was assigned to the USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, on Dec. 7, 1941, when the ship sustained multiple torpedo hits and quickly capsized, resulting in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Miles. Interment services are pending. Read about Miles http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent ... r-miles-a/.
-- Navy Fireman 1st Class Bert E. McKeeman was assigned to the USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, on Dec. 7, 1941, when the ship sustained multiple torpedo hits and quickly capsized, resulting in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including McKeeman. Interment services are pending. Read about McKeeman http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent ... ckeeman-b/.
-- Navy Fireman 1st Class Albert U. Kane was assigned to the USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, on Dec. 7, 1941, when the ship sustained multiple torpedo hits and quickly capsized, resulting in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Kane. Interment services are pending. Read about Kane http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent ... or-kane-a/.
-- Navy Radioman 3rd Class Dante S. Tini was assigned to the USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, on Dec. 7, 1941, when the ship sustained multiple torpedo hits and quickly capsized, resulting in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Tini. Interment services are pending. Read about Tini http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-R ... ii-tini-d/.
-- Navy Seaman 1st Class Richard L. Watson was assigned to the USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, on Dec. 7, 1941, when the ship sustained multiple torpedo hits and quickly capsized, resulting in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Watson. Interment services are pending. Read about Watson http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-R ... -watson-r/.
-- Navy Seaman 2nd Class Myron K. Lehman was assigned to the USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, on Dec. 7, 1941, when the ship sustained multiple torpedo hits and quickly capsized, resulting in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Lehman. Interment services are pending. Read about Lehman http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-R ... -lehman-m/.