MIA
World War II

AMM2c Leonard B. Nedrebo
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: January 14, 1946 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.

Electrician's Mate 1c Nick Funk
Hebron, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: January 30, 1946 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.

Staff Sergeant Kristjan T. Vivatson
Garder, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:31st Bomber Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:5th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: January 15, 1946 / Age: 24
Died while in MIA status near Papua New Guinea.

Commander Verne L. Skjonsby
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: January 07, 1946 / Age: 33
Died while in MIA status aboard the USS Wahoo (SS-238). The Wahoo was to leave the La Perouse Strait, when a Japanese anti-submarine aircraft sighted a wake and an oil slick from a submerged submarine.

Private Lee E. Anderson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:106th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 08, 1946 / Age:
Private Anderson was taken prisoner in the vicinity of Schönberg, Belgium on December 21, 1944.

S2c Walter S. Blank
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: January 02, 1946 / Age: 24
Died while in MIA status.

2nd Lt. Donald E. Simons
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 75th Bomber Squadron, 42nd Bomber Group, Medium
Date of Loss: January 17, 1946 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.

Seaman 1c Lawrence A. Yanish
Buffalo, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: April 13, 1946 / Age: 22
Died while in MIA status. Declared MIA after an attack by Japanese planes on the USS Lindsey, near Mae Shima, southwest of Okinawa. Approximately one-third of the ship was blown away or torn and wrecked.

Seaman 1c Raymond G. Porter
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: May 19, 1946 / Age: 23
Died while in MIA status.

RM3c Orville C. Drosdal
Van Hook, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: March 19, 1945 / Age: 21
Died while in MIA status. Served as a radio operator aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin when a kamikaze hit his general quarters station.

Seaman 1c Edward G. Schulte
Edgeley, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: August 10, 1945 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.

Seaman 1c Melvin G. Frey
Granville, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: October 26, 1945 / Age: 18
Died while in MIA status.

S1c Francis V. Cincera
Lisbon, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: April 22, 1945 / Age: 22
Died while in MIA status.

PFC Max L. Rosencrans
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 168th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 26, 1945 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.

Seaman 1c Lowell D. Johnson
Ruso, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: April 05, 1945 / Age: 19
Died while in MIA status.