MIA Update - January 17, 2023

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MIA Update - January 17, 2023

#1 Postby boardman » Tue Jan 17, 2023 3:45 pm

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

-- Army Pfc. Thomas F. Green, 19, of Ramona, California, was assigned to 68th Aviation Company, 52nd Aviation Battalion, 17th Aviation Group. On Oct. 26, 1971, he was serving as the door gunner on a CH-47B Chinook helicopter that went down over water in bad weather while flying from Tuy Hoa to Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam. Green was not accounted for during search and rescue operations. He will be buried in his hometown Feb. 23, 2023. Read about Green https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3139077/soldier-accounted-for-from-vietnam-war-green-t/.
-- Army Air Forces Tech. Sgt. Harold Kretzer, 32, of Odin, Illinois, was assigned to 66th Bombardment Squadron, 44th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force. On Aug. 1, 1943, the B-24 Liberator aircraft on which Kretzer was a gunner-engineer crashed as a result of anti-aircraft fire during Operation Tidal Wave. Following the war, his remains could not be identified. He will be buried in Springfield, Illinois, on a date yet to be determined. Read about Kretzer https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3140529/airman-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-kretzer-h/.
-- Navy Aviation Ordnanceman 1st Class Anthony Di Petta, 24, was assigned to Navy Torpedo Squadron 20 aboard the USS Enterprise. On Sept. 10, 1944, the TBM-1C Avenger torpedo bomber on which Di Petta and two other crew members were serving crashed as a result of anti-aircraft fire near Malakal, Palau Islands. Efforts to recover his remains were unsuccessful. Interment services are pending. Read about Di Petta https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3260747/sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-di-petta-a/.
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