WASHINGTON –
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Dayton Polvado, 29, killed during World War II, was accounted for Oct. 10, 2025.
In late 1944, Polvado was assigned to Company K, 3rd Battalion, 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division. His battalion was engaged in combat near Pachten, Germany, when he was killed in action on Dec. 12. His body could not be recovered due to intense fighting against heavily reinforced German forces. As American forces began to withdraw from the area, many casualties were nonrecoverable due to continued German resistance. He was not accounted for after the war.
This is an initial release. The complete accounting of Polvado's case will be published once the family receives their full briefing.
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