MIA Update, December 14, 2018

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MIA Update: This week, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced 13 new identifications. Returning home with full military honors are:

-- Navy Capt. James R. Bauder was an F-4B pilot assigned to Fighter Squadron Twenty One, USS Coral Sea, in South East Asia. On Sept. 21, 1966, during a night reconnaissance mission over North Vietnam, contact with Bauder’s aircraft was lost and his plane did not return to the ship. An extensive search was conducted with negative results. Based on this information, Bauder was declared missing in action. Interment services are pending. Read about Bauder http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent-News-Stories/Article/1306973/sailor-missing-from-the-vietnam-war-accounted-for-bauder-j/.
-- Army Pfc. Karl L. Dye was a member of Battery B, 52nd Field Artillery Battalion, 24th Infantry Division, engaged in combat operations against North Korean forces, near Taejon, South Korea. In July 1950, he was seriously wounded by an enemy mortar shell and placed in an ambulance. The ambulance allegedly encountered an enemy roadblock. Dye was reported missing in action on July 16, 1950. Interment services are pending. Read about Dye http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent-News-Stories/Article/1711172/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-dye-k/.
-- Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Allen R. Turner was a C-109 pilot assigned to the 1330 Army Air Force Base Unit, Air Transport Command. On July 17, 1945, during a routine flight from Jorhat, India, to Hsinching, China, over “The Hump,” his aircraft crashed in a remote area. All four passengers were declared deceased after an extensive search effort failed to identify the crash site. Interment services are pending. Read about Turner http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/Article/1709803/pilot-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-turner-a/.
-- Army Pfc. Marvin E. Dickson was a member of Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division. On Nov. 13, 1944, while attempting to reestablish broken telephone communications lines between headquarters and outposts in the Hürtgen Forest in Germany, he and three others were attacked. Surviving members could not confirm Dickson’s death, nor provide the location to where he was killed. He was listed as missing in action and on Nov. 14 his status was amended to killed in action. Interment services are pending. Read about Dickson http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/Article/1712956/soldier-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-dickson-m/.
-- Navy Seaman 2nd Class John C. Auld was stationed aboard the USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, 1941. The battleship sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Auld. Interment services are pending. Read about Auld http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent-News-Stories/Article/1708746/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-auld-j/.
-- Navy Water Tender 1st Class Edwin B. McCabe was stationed aboard the USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, 1941. The battleship sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including McCabe. Interment services are pending. Read about McCabe http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent-News-Stories/Article/1709777/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-mccabe-e/.
-- Navy Electrician's Mate 3rd Class Roman W. Sadlowski was stationed aboard the USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, 1941. The battleship sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Sadlowski. Interment services are pending. Read about Sadlowski http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent-News-Stories/Article/1710945/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-sadlowski-r/.
-- Navy Fireman 3rd Class Kenneth L. Jayne was stationed aboard the USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, 1941. The battleship sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Jayne. Interment services are pending. Read about Jayne http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/Article/1709735/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-jayne-k/.
-- Navy Signalman 3rd Class Charles E. Nix was stationed aboard the USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, 1941. The battleship sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Nix. Interment services are pending. Read about Nix http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/Article/1708971/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-nix-c/.
-- Navy Seaman 1st Class Camillus M. O’Grady was stationed aboard the USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, 1941. The battleship sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including O’Grady. Interment services are pending. Read about O'Grady http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/Article/1708949/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-ogrady-c/.
-- Navy Ensign William M. Finnegan was stationed aboard the USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, 1941. The battleship sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Finnegan. Interment services are pending. Read about Finnegan http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/Article/1708798/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-finnegan-w/.
-- Navy Seaman 1st Class Harold W. Roesch was stationed aboard the USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, 1941. The battleship sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Roesch. Interment services are pending. Read about Roesch http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/Article/1708744/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-roesch-h/.
-- Navy Machinist’s Mate 1st Class Fred M. Jones was stationed aboard the USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, 1941. The battleship sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Jones. Interment services are pending. Read about Jones http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/Article/1709839/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-jones-f/.