MIA Update - January 22, 2024

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MIA Update: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced two 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 Technician 4th Grade Herbert F. March, 24, of Cook, Washington, was a member of Headquarters Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group. He died while a prisoner of war on July 26, 1942. He will be buried in Woodland, Washington, on a date to be determined. Read about March https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3645791/airman-accounted-for-from-wwii-march-h/.
-- Army Air Forces Major Theodore Willhite, 26, of Muscatine, Iowa, was assigned to the 724th Bombardment Squadron, 451st Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force. He was killed in action on March 11, 1944. Interment services are pending. Read about Willhite https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3646621/pilot-accounted-for-from-wwii-willhite-t/.