The
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has announced burial updates of three
Americans who had been missing in action since World War II and Korea.
Returning home for burial with full military honors are:
-- Marine Pfc. Nicholas J. Cancilla, 18, will be buried Nov. 7 in his hometown of Altoona, Pa. Cancilla was
assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Division,
which landed against stiff Japanese resistance on the small island of
Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands. Cancilla died on the
first day of battle, Nov. 20, 1943. Read more.
-- Army Pfc. William V. Giovanniello,
22, of Brooklyn, N.Y., will be buried Nov. 10 in Port Jervis, N.Y.
Giovanniello was a member of Company F, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry
Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, when his unit was forced into a
fighting withdrawal from Chorwon, South Korea. He was declared missing
in action on April 25, 1951. Read more.
-- Army Cpl. Wayne Minard,
19, of Furley, Kan., will be buried Nov. 12 in nearby Wichita. Minard
was a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd
Infantry Division, fighting a delaying action south to Kunu-ri, North
Korea. He would be reported missing in action on Nov. 26, 1950. Read
more. 