Airman Accounted for from WWII (McConnell, H.)
November 08, 2023
November 08, 2023
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- 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 Force Pfc. Henry J. McConnell, 28, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was accounted for July 27, 2023.
In early 1942, McConnell was assigned to the 2nd Observation Squadron in the Philippines, when Japanese fo . . .
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Force Pfc. Henry J. McConnell, 28, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was accounted for July 27, 2023.
In early 1942, McConnell was assigned to the 2nd Observation Squadron in the Philippines, when Japanese fo . . .