MIA Update - June 12, 2020

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MIA Update: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced three 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 Cpl. Pete Conley, 19, was a member of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 12, 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 Conley https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2212429/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-conley-p/.
-- Navy Radioman 3rd Class Thomas E. Griffith, 20, was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, 1941. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Griffith. Interment services are pending. Read about Griffith https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2211828/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-griffith-t/.
-- Army Sgt. Stanley L. DeWitt, 18, was a member of Medical Detachment, 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 DeWitt https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2211393/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-dewitt-s/.