MIA Update - September 11, 2023

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

--Army Sgt. Willie J. Baty, 20, of Mexia, Texas was a member of L Company, 3rd Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Sept. 14, 1950. The Army issued a presumptive finding of death on Dec. 31, 1953. He will be buried in Dallas, Texas, on Sept. 15, 2023. Read about Baty https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3512667/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-baty-w/.
--Army Pvt. Daniel Moniz, 19, of Hayward, California, was assigned to Medical Detachment, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. He was killed in action on Nov. 11, 1944. He will be buried in his hometown on Sept. 29, 2023. Read about Moniz https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3513667/soldier-accounted-for-from-wwii-moniz-d/.
--Army Pvt. 1st Class Thomas F. Brooks, 23, of Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, was a member of Company D, 194th Tank Battalion. He was captured on April 9, 1942, and died as a prisoner of war on Dec. 10, 1942. He will be buried in his hometown on Oct. 1, 2023. Read about Brooks https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3515697/tanker-accounted-for-from-wwii-brooks-t/.
--Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Edward T. McGuire, 22, of Chicago, Illinois, served with the 415th Bombardment Squadron, 98th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force. He went missing in action on Aug. 1, 1943. He will be buried on Oct. 28, 2023, in Alsip, Illinois. Read about McGuire https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3512504/pilot-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-mcguire-e/.
--Air Forces 2nd Lt. Edward Barnett, 24, of Chicago, Illinois, served with the 66th Bombardment Squadron, 44th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force. He went missing on Aug. 1, 1943. He will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on a date to be determined. Read about Barnett https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3514851/pilot-accounted-for-from-wwii-barnett-e/.
--Army Air Forces Sergeant Irving R. Newman, 22, of Los Angeles, California, was assigned to the 343d Bombardment Squadron, 98th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force. He went missing in action on May 6, 1943. Interment services are pending. Read about Newman https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3512320/airman-accounted-for-from-wwii-newman-i/.
--Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Fred L. Brewer Jr., 23, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was assigned to the 100th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group. He went missing in action on Oct. 19, 1944. Contact the Army Casualty Office for funeral information. Read about Brewer https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3513337/pilot-accounted-for-from-wwii-brewer-f/.