MIA Update - October 9, 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 and the Korean War. Returning home for burial with full military honors are:

--Army Pvt. 1st Class Charles A. Dickman, 17, of Cashton, Wisconsin, was a member of Mike Company, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He went missing in action on July 12, 1950. The Army issued a presumptive finding of death on Dec. 13, 1953. He will be buried in his hometown on Oct. 21, 2023. Read about Dickman https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3545199/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-dickman-c/.

--Navy Seaman 2nd Class Stanley C. Galaszewski, 29, of Steubenville, Ohio, was assigned to the battleship USS California, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, 1941, resulting in the death of 104 crewmen including Galaszewski. He will be buried in his hometown on Nov. 3, 2023. Read about Galaszewski https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3545084/uss-california-sailor-accounted-for-from-wwii-galaszewski-s/.

--Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Gilbert H. Myers, 27, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was assigned to the 381st Bombardment Squadron, 310th Bombardment Group. He went missing in action on July 10, 1943. He will be buried in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Nov. 10, 2023. Read about Myers https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3544872/pilot-accounted-for-from-wwii-myers-g/.