MIA

Corporal Archie R. Payne

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:322nd Fighter Control Squadron

Date of Loss: November 27, 1943 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Staff Sergeant Earl R. Robinson

Mohall, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:548th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: November 29, 1943 / Age:

He failed to return from a bombing mission, his 15th, over Germany.  He enlisted October 22, 1941, and trained at Harlingen, TX.  Died while in MIA status.

Sergeant William E. Jakle

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division

Date of Loss: January 07, 1943 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

First Lieutenant Harold E. Bergman

Ellendale, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:511th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: November 03, 1943 / Age: 23

Died while in MIA status.

Fire Controlman Third Class Berthold O. Hofer

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

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

Date of Loss: December 01, 1943 / Age: 23

Died while in MIA status.

Chief Water Tender Charlie A. Letterman

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: June 08, 1943 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Pilot Officer James B. Courtney

World War II (WWII)

Date of Loss: March 05, 1943 / Age: 23

On March 5, 1943, his Short Stirling I (#R9271) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off from RAF Ridgewell for a night air operation over Essen, Germany.

Gunners Mate Third Class Leo C. Foley

Ardoch, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

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

Date of Loss: January 01, 1943 / Age:

Died while in MIA status. Buried at sea on the American steam merchant ship Arthur Middleton, near Casablanca, when the ship was hit by two torpedoes from a U-73.

Private First Class James E. Rutherford

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:853rd Engineer Battalion, Aviation

Date of Loss: November 27, 1943 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Sergeant William J. Kelly

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:531st Bomber Squadron

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.

Seaman Second Class Clifford W. Fallen

Sutton, ND

World War II (WWII)

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.

Seaman First Class Claude Jerome Robinson

World War II (WWII)

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.

Private First Class Robert A. Norby

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 77th Bomber Squadron, 28th Bomber Group, Heavy

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:"77th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: September 02, 1942 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Private First Class Richard G. Colbert

Harlem Township, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Sixth Infantry

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:First Armored Division

Date of Loss: November 08, 1942 / Age: 22

Died while in MIA status.

Aviation Ordnanceman's Mate Third Class 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.