MIA Update - April 8, 2024

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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 Cpl. Frank V. Benak, 24, of Scottsville, Michigan, was assigned to Cannon Company, 128th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division. He was reported as missing in action on Dec. 5, 1942, and declared non-recoverable in September 1949. He will be buried on April 13, 2024, in Miami, Florida. Read about Benak https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3723614/soldier-accounted-for-from-wwii-benak-f/.
-- Army Capt. Erik F. Yde, 32, of San Francisco, California, was a member of Headquarters, Headquarters Battery, 503rd Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He went missing in action in June 1950, and died while a prisoner of war in June 1951. He will be buried in Walnut Creek, California, on April 29, 2024. Read about Yde https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3729020/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-yde-e/.
-- Mess Attendant 3rd Class David Walker, 19, of Norfolk, Virginia, 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 103 crewmen killed that day. He will be buried on Sept. 5, 2024, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Read about Walker https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3723643/uss-california-sailor-accounted-for-from-wwii-walker-d/.