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Pilot Individually Identified From World War II (Barrat, R.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Robert J. Barrat, 20, of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, killed during World Story

Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Stewart, O.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Cpl. Orestus M. Stewart, 20, of Magnolia Springs, Texas, killed during the Korean War, was Story

Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Carroll, Jr., C.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Cpl. Charles L. Carroll, Jr., 18, of Pittsburgh, who was killed during the Korean War, was Story

Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Aikman, R.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army 1st Lt. Robert P. Aikman, 40, of Forsyth, Missouri, killed during World War II, was Story

Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Abbott, C.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Carl F. Abbott, 35, of Salinas, California, who was captured and died as a Story

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USS Wahoo Submariners Honored in Ceremony The U.S.-Russia Joint Commission on POW/MIAs held a special ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial Story

Hegseth Honors Nation's POW/MIAs Secretary of War Pete Hegseth paid tribute to the U.S. military's prisoners of war and personnel missing in action during a ceremony commemorating National POW/MIA Recognition Day on the Pentagon. Story

Agency Provides Updates to Families of Missing in Action Personnel During Annual Briefing More than 400 family members of service members who never returned home from the Korean War or who were lost during the Cold War met with representatives from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency during the agency's annual update to families of missing personnel. Story

Defense Secretary Announces 100th Service Member Identified From Remains Turned Over by North Korea The 100th service member from a group of remains handed over by North Korea seven years ago has been successfully identified, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced from Hawaii. Story

Department Tells Gold Star Families: We'll Find Loved Ones, Bring Them Home Some 380 Gold Star families attended a family member update to learn how the agency is proceeding in efforts to repatriate the remains of service members who never returned home from the Vietnam War, the Korean War or World War II. Story

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