MIA Update: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced four new identifications for service members who have been missing and unaccounted-for from WWII and the Korean War. Returning home for burial with full military honors are:
-- Army Master Sgt. James Hart, Jr., 25, was a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 2, 1950, when his unit was attacked by enemy forces near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea. Following the battle, his remains could not be recovered. Interment services are pending. Read about Hart https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2203299/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-hart-j/.
-- Army 1st Lt. Anthony R. Mazzulla, 26, was a member of Company B, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 2, 1950, after a fighting withdrawal near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea. Following the battle, his remains could not be recovered. Interment services are pending. Read about Mazzulla https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2203287/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-mazzulla-a/.
-- Army Cpl. Billie Joe Hash, 18, was a member of Headquarters Battery, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 6, 1950, when his unit was attacked by enemy forces near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea. Following the battle, his remains could not be recovered. Interment services are pending. Read about Hash https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2201759/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-hash-bj/.
-- Army Pfc. John J. Sitarz, 19, was assigned to Company L, 3rd Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division. His unit was engaged in battle with German forces near Germeter, Germany, in the Hürtgen Forest, when he was declared missing in action on Nov. 2. 1944. Sitarz could not be recovered because of the ongoing fighting, and his status was changed to killed in action on Nov. 3, 1945. Interment services are pending. Read about Sitarz https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2201252/soldier-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-sitarz-j/.
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