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Repatriation of WWII Veteran – James Hurt
October 28, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Cpl. James A. Hurt, 25, of East St. Louis, Illinois, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was accounted for Aug. 21, 2023.
In 1942, Hurt was a member of the 17th Pursuit Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, 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.
Hurt will be buried on October 28, 2023, in Fairview, Illinois.
https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3540063/soldier-accounted-for-from-wwii-hurt-j/