{"id":46530,"date":"2025-11-28T00:06:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T00:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/46530\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T00:06:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T00:06:05","slug":"pittsburgh-native-killed-in-world-war-ii-now-accounted-for-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/46530\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh native killed in World War II now accounted for \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">A Pittsburgh native who was killed during World War II is now accounted for. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Sgt. Sidney Burke, 22, was a member of the 22nd Bombardment Squadron, 341st Bombardment Group, 10th Air Force and served as the Armor-Gunner of a B-25C \u201cMitchell\u201d bomber during a mission in Burma in 1943. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">His aircraft crashed during a low-altitude bombing raid, and he was declared missing in action after the war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">In 1947, the American Grave Registration Service recovered four sets of remains from a common grave near Kyunpobin, Burma, believed to be from an \u201cAmerican crash.\u201d These remains were interred as Unknowns at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">In January 2022, the Department of Defense approved the disinterment of these remains for further analysis. Scientists from the DPAA used dental, anthropological, and isotope analysis, along with mitochondrial DNA analysis, to identify Burke\u2019s remains. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">He was officially accounted for in April 2025 and buried in Bridgeville in September. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Burke\u2019s name is listed on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines. A rosette will be placed next to his name to signify that he has been accounted for.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92025 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Pittsburgh native who was killed during World War II is now accounted for. 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