MIA Update - May 13, 2024

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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:

-- Navy Fireman 1st Class Everett C. Titterington, 21, of Milford, Iowa, was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, 1941. He was among 429 crewmen killed that day. He will be buried on Sept. 5, 2024, in Bloomington, California. Read about Titterington https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Press-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2618158/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-titterington-e/.
-- Army Pvt. 1st Class Lemuel Dent Jr. was assigned to the Company L, 3rd Battalion, 366th Infantry Regiment, 92nd Infantry Division. He was killed in action on Feb. 8, 1945. Interment services are pending. Read about Dent https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Press-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3768809/soldier-accounted-for-from-wwii-dent-l/.
-- Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Allan W. Knepper, 27, of Nez Perce County, Idaho, was with the 49th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group. On July 10, 1943, his airplane crashed during heavy anti-aircraft fire, and he was subsequently declared missing in action. Interment services are pending. Read about Knepper https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Press ... knepper-a/.
-- Navy Coxswain Harley E. Alexander was assigned to the destroyer USS Glennon. He went missing in action on June 10, 1944, and was deemed non-recoverable on May 4, 1949. Interment services are pending. Read about Alexander https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Press-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3767185/uss-glennon-sailor-accounted-for-from-wwii-alexander-h/.
-- Army Corporal John A. Spruell, 19, of Cortez, Colorado, was a member of Battery B, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division. Following his unit’s engagement in the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, he was declared missing in action on Dec. 6, 1950. He will be buried in his hometown on a date to be determined. Read about Spruell https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Press-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3765767/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-spruell-j/.
-- Army Corporal Richard Seloover, 17, of Whiteside, Illinois, was a member of Heavy Mortar Company, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He went missing in action on Sept. 6, 1950, and the Army issued a presumptive finding of death on Dec. 31, 1953. He will be buried in Rock Falls, Illinois, on a date to be determined. Read about Seloover https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Press-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3765140/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-seloover-r/.