MIA Update - June 13, 2022

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

-- Navy Seaman 1st Class William Brooks, 19, of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, 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 Brooks. He will be buried in Glen Burnie, Maryland, on July 16, 2022. Read about Brooks https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3040168/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-brooks-w/.
-- Navy Fireman 3rd Class Clarence Blaylock, 20, of Fort Worth, Texas, 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 Blaylock. He will be buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl) in Honolulu, on November 9, 2022. Read about Blaylock https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2108451/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-blaylock-c/.
-- Navy Seaman 1st Class Houston Temples, 24, of Varnado, Louisiana, 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 Temples. He will be buried in Bogalusa, Louisiana, on December 7, 2022. Read about Temples https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3058278/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-temples-h/.