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Old 03-11-2017, 09:16 AM
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Thumbs up 3-10-17 VFW Update on MIA's Recovered

VFW MIA Updates as of 3-10-17
RE: https://www.vfw.org/actioncorpsweekly

MIA Update: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced the identification of remains of (7) seven Americans who had been missing in action from WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. Returning home for burial with full military honors are:

1. Army Cpl. Gerald I. Shepler, 20, of Liberty, Ind., will be buried March 11 in Liberty. Shepler was the lead scout on a reconnaissance patrol for Company K, 3rd Battalion, 187th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, near Hajoyang-ni, North Korea, when his patrol was ambushed by enemy forces. Shepler was unaccounted for after the mission, and the U.S. Army declared him deceased on Nov. 29, 1950. Read more about Shepler.

2. Navy Fireman 1st Class Elmer T. Kerestes was assigned to the USS Oklahoma, which was moored off Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, when Japanese aircraft attacked his ship on Dec. 7, 1941. Kerestes was one of 429 crewmen killed in the attack. Interment services are pending. Read more about Kerestes.

3. Army Air Forces Pvt. William D. Gruber was assigned to the Philippine Department, U.S. Army Forces in the Far East, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands on Dec. 8, 1941. Gruber and his unit tended to the wounded until the U.S. fortress of Corregidor fell on May 6, 1942. Gruber was among the thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members taken captive and forced to endure the Bataan Death March en route to prisoner of war camps. Gruber was eventually moved to Cabanatuan POW camp on the island of Luzon, where more than 2,500 POWs would perish. Interment services are pending. Read more about Gruber.

4. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Robert E. Oxford was a member of the 425th Bomber Squadron, 308th Bomb Group, 14th Air Force. On Jan. 25, 1944, Oxford’s B-24J Liberator disappeared in bad weather while flying a supply mission from Kunming, China to Chabua, India. Without a way to determine the loss location, no search efforts were conducted and all aboard were declared deceased the following day. Interment services are pending. Read more about Oxford.

5. Army Pfc. Manuel M. Quintana was a member of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment. In late July 1950, the regiment unexpectedly encountered enemy forces while moving toward Hadong, in present day South Korea. Following the battle, Quintana could not be accounted for and was declared missing in action as of July 27, 1950. Interment services are pending. Read more about Quintana.

6. Army Sgt. Willie Rowe was a member of L Company, 3rd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. On Nov. 25, 1950, his unit was attacked by Chinese forces while advancing north toward the Ch'ongch'on River region of North Korea. Following the battle, Rowe was unaccounted for and was declared missing. Interment services are pending. Read more about Rowe.

7. Air Force Reserve Capt. Daniel W. Thomas was an OV-10A pilot. On July 6, 1971, Thomas and his fellow crewmember were flying over Laos in support of an eight-man Special Forces reconnaissance team when they crashed due to bad weather. Interment services are pending. Read more about Thomas.

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