MIA Update - July 15, 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:

-- Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Allan W. Knepper, 27, of Lewiston, Idaho, was with the 49th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group. He went missing in action on July 10, 1943. He will be buried in his hometown on Aug. 2, 2024. Read about Knepper https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Press-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3768785/pilot-accounted-for-from-wwii-knepper-a/.
-- Army Pvt. 1st Class Alcario V. Flores, 37, of Coolidge, Arizona, was assigned to Company G, 2nd Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division. He was killed in action on Jan. 21, 1945. He will be buried in Tempe, Arizona, on Aug. 3, 2024. Read about Flores https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Press-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3832317/soldier-accounted-for-from-wwii-flores-a/.
-- Army Sgt. Sam A. Prince, 28, of Clovis, New Mexico, was a member of Headquarters Battery, 200th Coast Artillery Regiment. He was among those captured during the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and died while a prisoner of war on Sept. 22 that same year. He will be buried in his hometown on Aug. 8, 2024. Read about Prince https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Press-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3809467/soldier-accounted-for-from-wwii-prince-s/.
-- Army Corporal Jesse L. Mitchell, 22, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, was a member of C Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He died while a prisoner of war in summer 1951. He will be buried in his hometown on Oct. 12, 2024. Read about Mitchell https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Press-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3808803/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-mitchell-j/.
-- Army Pvt. William A. Smith, 21, of Syracuse, Missouri, was assigned to Company C, 149th Engineer Combat Battalion. He was killed in action on June 6, 1944, enroute to Omaha Beach in Normandy. He will be buried in St. Louis, Missouri, on Nov. 11, 2024. Read about Smith https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Press-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3831521/soldier-accounted-for-from-wwii-smith-w/.
-- Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Frank J. Tedone, 23, of Hartford, Connecticut, was a member of the 436th Bombardment Squadron, 7th Bombardment Group. He went missing in action on Dec. 1, 1943. He will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on a date to be determined. Read about Tedone https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Press-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3834410/airman-accounted-for-from-wwii-tedone-f/.