MIA Update - june 10, 2024

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MIA Update: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced seven 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:

-- Navy Gunners Mate First Class George Herbert, 37, of Fall River, Massachusetts, 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 was buried in Igo, California, on May 30, 2024. Read about Herbert https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Press-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3794610/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-wwii-herbert-g/.
-- Army Pvt. 1st Class Bartholomew C. Loschiavo, 24, of Buffalo, New York, was assigned to Company A, 329th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division. He was killed in action on Oct. 1, 1944. He was buried in his hometown on June 1, 2024. Read about Loschiavo https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Press-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3794333/soldier-accounted-for-from-wwii-loschiavo-b/.
-- Army Air Forces Pvt. 1st Class Charles R. Powers, 18, of Riverside, California, was a member of 28th Materiel Squadron, 20th Air Base Group. He was among those captured in the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and died as a prisoner of war on July 18 that same year. He will be buried in his hometown on July 18, 2024. Read about Powers https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Press-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3794716/airman-accounted-for-from-wwii-powers-c/.
-- Army Pvt. 1st Class Manuel Trujillo, 22, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, served in Battery C, 200th Coast Artillery Regiment. He was among those captured in the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and died as a prisoner of war on July 26 that same year. He will be buried in his hometown on July 26, 2024. Read about Trujillo https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Press ... rujillo-m/.
-- Army Sergeant Mayburn L. Hudson, 21, of Roanoke, Virginia, was assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Aug. 7, 1944, and the War Department issued a report of death in January 1945. He will be buried in Lynchburg, Virginia, on Aug. 7, 2024. Read about Hudson https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Press-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3795679/soldier-accounted-for-from-wwii-hudson-m/.
-- Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Bruce H. Brown, 23, of Richmond, California, was assigned to the 401st Bombardment Squadron, 91st Bombardment Group, Eighth Air Force. His B-17 bomber was struck by anti-aircraft fire on Dec. 20, 1942, and the War Department issued a finding of death on Dec. 20, 1943. He will be buried in Houston, Texas, on a date to be determined. Read about Brown https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Press-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3792515/pilot-accounted-for-from-wwii-brown-b/.
-- Army Air Forces Pvt. 1st Class Orville J. Cox, 19, of Haskell, Texas, was a member of 34th Pursuit Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group. He was killed in action on Feb. 8, 1942. He will be buried in his hometown on a date to be determined. Read about Cox https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Press-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3796632/airman-accounted-for-from-wwii-cox-o/.