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Press Release | Oct. 9, 2024

Soldier Accounted for from WWII (Garelick, S.)

WASHINGTON  –  

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Sgt. Simon Garelick, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was accounted for Oct. 7, 2024.

In late 1941, Garelick was a member of Headquarters Company, Philippines Department in the Philippines during World War II, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December. Intense fighting continued until the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and of Corregidor Island on May 6, 1942.

This is an initial release. The complete accounting of Garelick's case will be published once the family has received their full briefing.

For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil, find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or https://www.linkedin.com/company/defense-pow-mia-accounting-agency.