MIA Update - January 29, 2024

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MIA Update: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced four 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 Master Sgt. Roy E. Barrow, 39, of Valdosta, Georgia, was a member of King Company, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 12, 1950. He will be buried in his hometown on Jan. 27, 2024. Read about Barrow https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3647209/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-barrow-r/.
-- Navy Pharmacist’s Mate 2nd Class Merle C. J. Hillman, 25, of Holyoke, Massachusetts, 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. He was among 104 crewmen killed that day. He will be buried in his hometown on Jan. 27, 2024. Read about Hillman https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3648714/sailor-accounted-for-from-uss-california-hillman-m/.
-- Army Staff Sgt. Leroy C. Cloud, 24, of Thrall, Texas, was assigned to Company A, 744th Tank Battalion. He was reported missing in action on July 26, 1944, and the Army issued a report of death on Aug. 16 that same year. He will be buried in Taylor, Texas, on April 7, 2024. Read about Cloud https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3649142/tanker-accounted-for-from-wwii-cloud-l/.
-- Army Master Sgt. Thomas Crayton, 28, of Austin, Texas, was a member of Alpha Battery, 503rd Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, Eighth U.S. Army. He went missing in action on Dec. 1,1950, and died while a prisoner of war on Feb. 11,1951. Interment services are pending. Read about Crayton https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3653220/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-crayton-t/.