Monday - November 25, 2024
Tipoffs for La Crosse, Wisconsin (City) Newsletter for Friday July 26, 2024 ( 1 items )  

Airman Accounted for from WWII (Hohlfeld, J.)
WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Sgt. Jack H. Hohlfeld, 29, of Trempealeau, Wisconsin, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was accounted for May 29, 2024. Hohlfeld was a member of Headquarters Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December   more