MIA

2nd Lt. Hubert P. Sweeney

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 592nd Engineer Shore Regiment

Date of Loss: February 16, 1944 / Age: 26

Died while in MIA status.

Radioman 3c Raymond O. Peterson

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: November 25, 1944 / Age: 22

Died while in MIA status. Killed aboard the USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56), an aircraft carrier escort, when it was sunk by a Japanese torpedo near the Gilbert Islands. 

Flight Officer Hadley D. Baldwin

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 1st Air Commando Group

Date of Loss: May 09, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action. Burma. Remains not recovered.

Coxswain Leroy M. Larson

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: March 18, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Seaman Apprentice Gamaliel T. Arason

Mountain, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: February 08, 1944 / Age: 21

Was on a ship that was struck by a U-boat. North Atlantic Ocean. 

Tech 4c Cyril W. Gustafson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 20th General Hospital

Date of Loss: June 14, 1944 / Age: 23

Died while in MIA status.

Staff Sgt. Aldrich A. Seeley

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 401st Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: March 29, 1944 / Age: 22

Died while in MIA status.

2nd Lt. Wayne A. Kretschmar

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 764th Bomber Squadron, 461st Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: May 31, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Private First Class Robert Alexander

Tolley, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:105th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:27th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 07, 1944 / Age:

He was killed in action during the Battle of Saipan as his unit defended against a Japanese attack in the area of Tanapag. PFC Alexander's remains were not recovered or identified following his loss.

Gunner's Mate 3c Jerome A. Zespy

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status off of Leyte, when a ship exploded near a cruiser on which he was stationed.

MoMM1c Gilmore J. Knutson

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: February 29, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Killed in action on the USS Trout in the Philippines Basin.

2nd Lt. John J. Fortune

Bismarck, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 721st Bomber Squadron, 450th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: March 24, 1944 / Age: 23

Died while in MIA status.

Gunner's Mate 2c Fritz A. Wollerman

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 23

Died while in MIA status - buried at sea.

Water Tender 1c Francis O. Wicks

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: October 10, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

S1c Mike T. Burckhard

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action off of Leyte when a ship exploded near the cruiser he was stationed on. Buried at sea.