MIA Update: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting
Office announced the identification of the remains of three sailors and one
Marine who had been missing in action since World War II.
Returning home for
burial with full military honors are:
Navy Seaman 2nd Class Vernon N. Grow and Machinist's
Mate 1st Class Alfred F. Wells, had been missing since Dec. 7, 1941,
when the battleship USS Oklahoma they were aboard suffered multiple torpedo
hits and capsized as it was moored off Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Wells, 32, will be buried June 11 in his hometown of Syracuse, N.Y.
Marine Corps Pfc. John Saini and Navy Pharmacist’s
Mate 3rd Class Howard P. Brisbane had died fighting on the Pacific
atoll of Tarawa on Nov. 20, 1943. Saini, 20, was assigned to Company H, 2nd Battalion,
8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, and will be buried June 11 in his hometown of
Healdsburg, Calif. Brisbane was assigned to Headquarters Company, 2nd
Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division.
