Four MIAs Identified The Defense POW/MIA Office recently announced the identification of remains belonging to three soldiers and one airman from World War II and the Korean War. Identified are: Army Air Force Sgt. Jerome E. Kiger, of Mannington, W.Va. On July 21, 1944, a B-24H Liberator aircraft with nine crewmembers was shot down by enemy fire and crashed while on a bombing raid to Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. Six were able to parachute to safety and a seventh crewman’s remains were recovered near Hadorf. Kiger and another crewman were not recovered. Army Cpl. Glyndon E. Moyer, 18, of Luray, Va. In late November 1950, Moyer and elements of the 31st Regimental Combat Team were deployed along the east side of the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea. On Dec. 1, 1950, remnants of the 31st RCT, known historically as Task Force Faith, began a fighting withdrawal to a more defensible position south of the reservoir when he was reported missing on Dec. 2, 1950. Army Sgt. Clement Thibodeaux, Jr., 18, of Baton Rouge, La. In late Nov. 1950, elements of the 25th Infantry Division and 35th Infantry Regiment were fighting with units of the Chinese army north of the Ch’ongch’on River in North Korea. In 1953, returning American POWs said Thibodeaux had been captured but died in January 1951 of malnutrition and pneumonia. Army Sgt. Bernard J. Fisher, 21, of Wilkes Barre, Pa. In January 1951, Fisher and elements of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, were deployed northeast of Seoul, South Korea, when attacked. Fisher would be reported missing as his unit moved towards a more defensible position.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 05:47:48 +0000
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