MIA Update - July 10, 2020

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MIA Update: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced two new identifications and one burial update 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 Air Forces 2nd Lt. William H. Melville, 20, was a pilot assigned to the 36th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Group. On Oct. 28, 1943, he was piloting a P-39Q Airacobra fighter on a combat mission over the island of New Guinea, Australian Territory of Papua (current day Papua New Guinea), when his aircraft and two others disappeared after encountering severe weather. Search and recovery efforts in the days following were unable to find any of the aircraft. Interment services are pending. Read about Melville https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2265872/pilot-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-melville-w/.
-- Army Cpl. Richard L. Henderson, Jr., 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 Henderson https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2245324/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-henderson-r/.
-- Army Cpl. Francis J. Rochon, 21, was a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Sept. 1, 1950, near Changnyeong, South Korea. The Army officially declared Rochon deceased on Dec. 31, 1953, and declared his remains non-recoverable Jan. 16, 1956. Rochon will be buried July 25, 2020, in Foxboro, Wisconsin. Read about Rochon https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2226218/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-rochon-f/.