MIA Update - July 24, 2023

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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:

--Army Air Forces Tech. Sgt. James M. Triplett, 36, of Spokane, Washington, was assigned to the 700th Bombardment Squadron, 445th Bombardment Group, 2nd Air Division, 8th Air Force. He went missing in action on Sept. 27, 1944. The War Department issued a finding of death on Sept. 28, 1945. He will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on Oct. 31, 2023. Read about Triplett https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3205218/airman-accounted-for-from-wwii-triplett-j/.
--Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Howard L. Dickson, 30, of Dayton, Ohio, was assigned to the 328th Bombardment Squadron, 93rd Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force. He went missing in action on Aug. 1, 1943. He will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on a date yet to be determined. Read about Dickson https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3145391/airman-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-dickson-h/.
--Navy Seaman 1st Class James R. Ward, 20, of Springfield, 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. He was among 429 crewmen killed that day. Ward was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. He will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on a date yet to be determined. Read about Ward https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2942178/medal-of-honor-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-ward-j/.