MIA
World War II
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MoMM1c Patrick Dunphy
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: December 03, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
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Water Tender 2c Loren E. Turner
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: September 14, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
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MoMM2c Cletus F. Lipetzky
Kensal, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: June 11, 1944 / Age: 22
Died while in MIA status, when the USS-LST-496 on which he was serving struck a mine in the English Channel and sank during the coastal invasion of Normandy. His body was not recovered.
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Lt. Jr. Grade Clarence V. Beckley
Bordulac, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Trout
Date of Loss: February 29, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action on the USS Trout in the Philippines Basin. Remains not recovered.
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1st Lt. Hugh J. Hazlett
Grand Forks, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 28th Materiel Squadron, 20th Air Base Group
Date of Loss: December 15, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status. Casualty of the Oryoku Maru.
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Aviation Metalsmith 1c Lennard L. Sorem
Edmunds, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: June 17, 1944 / Age: 23
Died while in MIA status. Killed on the USS Fanshaw Bay off of the Coast of Saipan. Received Purple Heart - Buried at Sea.
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Pvt. Benton L. Lawrence
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 262nd Infantry Regiment, 66th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status. Killed aboard the Belgian Steamship "Leopoldville", when a German torpedo hit the ship.
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Seaman 1c John W. Hamilton
Grafton, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United Staves Navy
Date of Loss: October 10, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
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Staff Sergeant Ralph R. Bender
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:710th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: March 03, 1944 / Age: 21
Ralph was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-17 collided with B-17G #42-38075 and crashed in the North Sea near Wesermunde, Germany during the war
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PFC Randolph E. Oswald
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 17th Tank Battalion, 7th Armored Division
Date of Loss: October 29, 1944 / Age: 24
Died in MIA status. Killed near Holland during the Battle of the Canals.
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PFC Allan J. Dorgan
Regent, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 264th Infantry Regiment, 66th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age: 31
Died while in MIA status.
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Torpedoman's Mate 2c Frank G. Gillis
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: October 25, 1944 / Age: 20
Died while in MIA status while stationed aboard the destroyer USS Johnston when the ship was sunk by a Japanese fleet during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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Fireman 1c Ignatius P. O'Donnell
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: April 05, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
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PFC Richard R. Cuskelly
Dickinson, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 262nd Infantry Regiment, 66th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age: 19
Died while in MIA status.
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Sgt. Earl D. Koenig
Underwood, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 863rd Bomber Squadron, 493rd Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: June 06, 1944 / Age: 19
Died while in MIA status.