MIA Update - October 2, 2023

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MIA Update: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced six 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. 1st Class James L. Dorrance, 20, of Omaha, Nebraska, was a member of B Battery, 82nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery–Automatic Weapons Battalion, Division Artillery, 2nd Infantry Division, Eighth Army. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 1,1950, and to have died on March 17, 1951. He will be buried in his hometown on a date to be determined. Read about Dorrance https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3533519/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-dorrance-j/.
--Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Max E. Dailey, 21, of Cherokee, Iowa, served with the 409th Bombardment Squadron, 93rd Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force. He went missing in action on Aug. 1, 1943. He will be buried in Charles City, Iowa, on a date to be determined. Read about Dailey https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3533629/airman-accounted-for-from-wwii-dailey-m/.
--Army Cpl. Lewis W. Hill, 18, of Detroit, Michigan, was a member of L Company, 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He went missing in action on July 20, 1950. The Army issued a presumptive finding of death on Dec. 31, 1953. He will be buried in Imlay City, Michigan, on a date to be determined. Read about Hill https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3533699/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-hill-l/.
--Army Staff Sgt. Max W. Thurston, 19, of Flint, Michigan, was assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division. He was reported killed in action on Nov. 6, 1944. He will be buried in Holly, Michigan, on a date to be determined. Read about Thurston https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3536449/soldier-accounted-for-from-wwii-thurston-m/.
--Army Tech Sgt. Leonard J. Dettloff, 26, of Detroit, Michigan, was assigned to Company M, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. He was killed in action on Nov. 10, 1944. He will be buried in Holly, Michigan, on a date to be determined. Read about Dettloff https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3536540/soldier-accounted-for-from-wwii-dettloff-l/.
--Army Cpl. James A. Hurt, 25, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was a member of the 17th Pursuit Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group, Army Air Forces. He was reported captured on April 9, 1942. Interment services are pending. Read about Hurt https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3533477/airman-accounted-for-from-wwii-hurt-j/.