MIA Update - February 8, 2021

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

-- U.S. Navy Seaman 2nd Class Howard S. Magers, 18, was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. 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 Magers. Interment services are pending. Read about Magers https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2489807/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-magers-h/.