MIA Update - February 1, 2021

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MIA Update: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced one burial update and six new identifications for service members who have been missing and unaccounted-for from World War II. Returning home for burial with full military honors are:

-- U.S. Navy Water Tender 1st Class Oliver K. Burger, 26, 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 Burger. Interment services are pending. Read about Burger https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent-News-Stories/Article/2484689/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-burger-o/.
-- U.S. Navy Fireman 1st Class Wesley J. Brown, 25, 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 Brown. Interment services are pending. Read about Brown https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent-News-Stories/Article/2484689/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-burger-o/.
-- U.S. Navy Fireman 1st Class Beoin H. Corzatt, 24, 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 Corzatt. Interment services are pending. Read about Corzatt https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent-News-Stories/Article/2484032/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-corzatt-b/.
-- U.S. Navy Seaman 1st Class Gerald J. Bailey, 24, 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 Bailey. Interment services are pending. Read about Bailey https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent-News-Stories/Article/2484016/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-bailey-g/.
-- U.S. Navy Shipfitter 3rd Class Robert E. Bailey, 21, 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 Bailey. Interment services are pending. Read about Bailey https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent-News-Stories/Article/2484008/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-bailey-r/.
-- U.S. Navy Radioman 3rd Class Earl M. Ellis, 23, 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 Ellis. Interment services are pending. Read about Ellis https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent-News-Stories/Article/2483902/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-ellis-e/.
-- U.S. Navy Radioman 3rd Class Thomas E. Griffith, 20, of Dayton, Ohio, 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. Griffith will be buried May 22, 2021, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Read about Griffith https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent-News-Stories/Article/2211828/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-griffith-t/.