MIA Update: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced burial updates and new identifications for service members who have been missing and unaccounted-for from World War II and Korea. Returning home for burial with full military honors are:
-- 33 USS Oklahoma Sailors Identified from World War II were assigned to the battleship, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, 1941. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including these 33 sailors. These group remains will be buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu on Dec. 7, 2021, the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Read the names.
-- Navy Seaman 1st Class Buford H. Dyer, 19, of Barberton, Ohio, 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. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Dyer. He will be buried on April 11, 2022, in Seville, Ohio. Read about Dyer.
-- Army Sgt. James N. Stryker, 20, of West Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, was assigned to Company L, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on May 18, 1951, when the enemy attacked his unit near Han’gye, South Korea. Following the battle, his remains could not be recovered. Stryker will be buried in San Antonio. The date has yet to be determined. Read about Stryker.
-- Army Master Sgt. James L. Quong, 30, of Norman, Oklahoma, was assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 2, 1950, when his unit was attacked by enemy forces near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea. Following the battle, his remains could not be recovered. Quong will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. The date has yet to be determined. Read about Quong.