MIA Update - October 3, 2022

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MIA Update - October 3, 2022

#1 Postby boardman » Mon Oct 03, 2022 12:50 pm

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

-- Army Sgt. Garland W. Collier, 25, of Coleman, Texas, was assigned to Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. In the fall of 1944, he was reported killed in action during Operation Market Garden when his unit was attacked by German forces near Opheusden, Netherlands. Following the war his remains could not be recovered. He will be buried in his hometown, on Nov. 12, 2022. Read about Collier https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3072962/soldier-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-collier-g/.
-- Army Pfc. Adelaido M. Solis, 19, of Inez, Texas, was assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 1, 1950, after his unit’s withdrawal from Kunu-ri, North Korea, following the battle of Ch’ongch’on. Later findings indicated that Solis had been a prisoner of war and died at POW Camp #5 in April 1951. He will be buried in Bloomington, Texas, on a date yet to be determined. Read about Solis https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3133713/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-solis-a/.
-- Army Cpl. Joseph J. Puopolo, 19, of East Boston, Massachusetts, was assigned to Battery C, 38th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division Artillery, 8th U.S. Army. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 2, 1950, after his unit attempted to withdraw from Kunu-ri, North Korea, following the battle of Ch’ongch’on. Later findings indicated that Puopolo had been a prisoner of war and died at POW Camp #5 in February 1951. He will be buried in Malden, Massachusetts, on a date yet to be determined. Read about Puopolo https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3138560/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-puopolo-j/.
-- Army Pvt. James R. Tash, 20, was assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December 1941. Intense fighting continued until the surrender of the Bataan peninsula in April 1942. Tash was among those captured and held at the Cabanatuan POW Camp where he reportedly died on Jul. 19, 1942, and was buried. Interment services are pending. Read about Tash https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3173219/soldier-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-tash-j/.
-- Army Pvt. J.C. Brooks, 19, was assigned to Company I, 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division. His unit was a part of Operation Husky, the Allied effort to capture Sicily. On Aug. 1, 1943, Brooks was killed during the Battle of Troina while leading an advance against German forces as first scout. He was unable to be recovered because of fighting. Interment services are pending. Read about Brooks https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3174274/soldier-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-brooks-jc/.
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