MIA
World War II
1943
Tech. 5c Lloyd Holland
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 776th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: March 27, 1943 / Age: 32
Died while in MIA status.
1943
Machinist's Mate 2c Martin F. Peluch
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: August 23, 1943 / Age:
Died while in MIA status. Lost at sea during an escort mission aboard the destroyer Ingraham.
1943
Lt. William R. Larson
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: December 27, 1943 / Age: 28
Died while in MIA status.
1943
Staff Sgt. Vincent V. Osadchy
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 410th Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: November 29, 1943 / Age: 23
Died while in MIA status. Lost at sea.
1943
Ens. Joseph F. Kufner
Maza, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: October 13, 1943 / Age:
Died while in MIA status. Killed aboard the USS Bristol on a convoy escort mission northwest of Bone, Algeria. The ship was struck by a Gnat from U-371 on the port side at the forward engine room, while escorting a small convoy to Oran, Algeria.
1943
Staff Sgt. Earl R. Robinson
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 548th Bomber Squadron, 385th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: November 29, 1943 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1943
1st Lt. Harold E. Bergman
Ellendale, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 511th Bomber Squadron, 351st Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: November 03, 1943 / Age: 23
Died while in MIA status.
1943
Pvt. Merlin D. Hanson
Petersburg, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 853rd Engineer Battalion, Aviation
Date of Loss: November 27, 1943 / Age: 20
Died while in MIA status.
1943
Sgt. Douglas H. Smith
Mandan, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 401st Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: February 26, 1943 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1943
Corporal Archie R. Payne
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 322nd Fighter Control Squadron
Date of Loss: November 27, 1943 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1943
2nd Lieutenant Cassius C. Brandenburg
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 401st Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: February 26, 1943 / Age: 28
The plane Lieutenant Brandenburg was on was last seen over the North Sea about 20 miles north of Norderney Island and no trace of the plane or 10 men on board was ever found.
Below is the mission they were on:
1943
Sgt. William J. Kelly
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 531st Bomber Squadron, 380th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: June 11, 1943 / Age:
Died while in MIA status. Killed during a mission near Koepang, Dutch Timor on a B-24D aircraft.
1943
Seaman 2c Clifford W. Fallen
Sutton, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: March 10, 1943 / Age: 22
Died while in MIA status. Stationed on a steam merchant ship southeast of Guantanamo Bay that was struck by a torpedo, which caused her cargo (4000 tons of explosives) to explode.
1943
Seaman 1c Claude Jerome Robinson
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: March 09, 1943 / Age: 22
Died while in MIA status. Killed aboard the Malantic when it was sunk by U-409 near Murmansk, Russia. Body was not recovered.
1943
AOM3C Omer L. Beauchamp
Olga, ND
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56)
Date of Loss: November 24, 1943 / Age:
Reported missing after the torpedoing of the escort aircraft carrier, USS Liscome Bay, near the Gilbert Islands, Kiribati. Remains not recovered.