World War II
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MIA
MIA
Van Hook, ND
County:
Mountrail
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Navy
Rank:
RM3c
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
United States Naval Reserve
Circumstances:
Died while in MIA status. Served as a radio operator aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin when a kamikaze hit his general quarters station.
Biography:
Memorialized at the Honolulu Memorial.