Missing World War II Soldiers Indentified
Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:02:00 -0500
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
No. 660-11
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced Monday that the remains 12 U.S. servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have...
Mourners walk behind a horse-drawn hearse carrying inside it the flag-draped casket of Cpl. David M. Unger to his final resting place in Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery.
Three-quarters of a century after he was killed in World War II, a metro Detroit soldier has finally come home.
Marine Corps Reserve Pfc. Kenneth W. Likens was given full military honors at a service and burial Friday at Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly.
Likens, of Mo...
Henry Liles Allen graduated from Wadesboro High School in 1936, attended The Citadel for two years and then transferred to UNC.
After graduating in 1940, he entered the service in January 1942 and completed flight training in June 1943. He joined the 15th Air Force in Italy in February...
PFC Rulon Borgstrom was awarded the Purple Heart for his service.
Sgt. 1st Class Will Lindsay, 33, of Cortez, Colorado, died March 22, 2019, in Kunduz, Afghanistan, as a result of wounds sustained while engaged in combat operations as part of the Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. Lindsay was assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Carson, Colorado.
Lt. Col. Billie Joe Williams, was a member of the 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron. On Mar 18, 1968, he was the co-pilot of a North American Super Sabre Fighter (F100F) on a mission over North Vietnam, when his aircraft crashed. His remains were recovered on Mar 6, 1991 and identified on Feb 26, 1...
First Lieutenant Poxon's official Medal of Honor citation reads:
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. 1st Lt. Poxon, Armor, Troop B, distinguished himself while serving as a platoon leader on a reconnais...
On April 9, 2008 6:30 am Jacob Fairbanks found at Camp Liberty Iraq with a gunshot wound to the head. On that fateful day Jacob discovered the battery connex shelter had been left open, he notified his COA, and he was sent to guard a connex shelter that had been left open......
Capt. Richard Dean Goss, USAF KIA 29 August 1964, Bien Hoa, Vietnam Richard “Dick” Goss grew up in Seattle, WA and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1950. He attended Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon from 1950 to 1952, when he enlisted in the Air Force. He received his Commission ...
Jae Sik Moon was the staff sergeant in the Army who was born in South Korea but grew up in America. He made friends, did lots of activities, go to school and even graduate in America. He was a loving son, family, brother and friend. He had a great life in America, until he graduated from high...
Each time I see a waving flag, my eyes see so much more, The ones who died to save us from an evil at our door.
