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April 12, 1951 – November 2026
Staff Sergeant Hugh Maynard Burch, of New Carlisle in this county, 93rd Bombardment Squadron of the 19th Bombardment Wing, went missing in action over the Yellow Sea on April 12, 1951 — one of the Defense Department's 43 St. Joseph County Korean War fatal casualties who also stands on its unaccounted-for list.
The lists, re-checked: This pass re-read the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency's own published lists. Its Indiana unaccounted-for report, prepared June 26, 2020, and its Air Force unaccounted-for report of 2021 both still carry him, in the agency's form: "BURCH, HUGH MAYNARD — SSgt — AF15277194 — 93rd Bombardment Squadron — 4/12/1951 — MISSING IN ACTION — YELLOW SEA," his home of record New Carlisle, Indiana. No identification announcement for him appears in the agency's announcement index, and the narrative case profile the Air Force report links could not be read from this seat. The case therefore prints at list size: open, current, and unaccounted-for on the agency's own record as of November 2026.
Sources:
- Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, unaccounted-for report for Indiana (prepared June 26, 2020) — the Burch line as quoted.
- Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, unaccounted-for report for the U.S. Air Force (2021) — the same line, with his case-profile reference.