MIA Update - January 18, 2021

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MIA Update - January 18, 2021

#1 Postby boardman » Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:32 am

MIA Update: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced one new identification for a service member who has been missing and unaccounted-for from WWII. Returning home for burial with full military honors is:

-- Army Air Forces Tech. Sgt. Alfred F. Turgeon, 23, was a pilot assigned to the 344th Bombardment Squadron, 98th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 9th Air Force. On Aug. 1, 1943, the B-24 Liberator aircraft on which Turgeon was serving as a radio operator crashed as a result of enemy anti-aircraft fire during Operation TIDAL WAVE, the largest bombing mission against the oil fields and refineries at Ploiesti, north of Bucharest, Romania. Interment services are pending. Read about Turgeon https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent-News-Stories/Article/2472558/airman-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-turgeon-a/.
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