MIA
World War II
1944
Captain Elmer L. Reitz
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 207th Engineer Combat Battalion
Date of Loss: June 19, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1944
Water Tender 2c Albert L. Molzahn
Minot, NDWorld 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 - buried at sea.
1944
Fireman 2c Theodore S. Lindseth
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: December 18, 1944 / Age: 18
Died while in MIA status. Lost at sea when the USS Spence went down during Typhoon Cobra.
1944
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.
1944
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.
1944
Seaman 1c Wallace E. Odegaard
Horace, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: October 28, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in the sinking of the destroyer USS Hoel in the Battle at Leyte Gulf, in the Philippines.
1944
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.
1944
Seaman 1c Frank S. Koehn
Valley City, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: December 28, 1944 / Age: 20
Died while in MIA status.
1944
Fireman 1c Robert D. Frank
West Fargo, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: January 30, 1944 / Age: 24
The Chicago, in what was known as the Battle of Rennell Island, was first hit by two torpedoes on January 29th and disabled. Multiple crewmen were lost in this first attack.
1944
Pvt. Lawrence E. Roesner
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 31st Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 29
Died while in MIA status.
1944
Fireman 1c Eugene Wagner
Linton, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: October 27, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1944
Private First Class Charles R. Reiser
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:708th Amphibious Tank Battalion
Date of Loss: June 15, 1944 / Age: 20
Died while in MIA status.
1944
Electrician's Mate 3C Gustaf A. Moeller
Tolna, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: July 11, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1944
MM2c Lowell H. Huber
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. Killed aboard the USS Atik when it was hit by a G7e torpedo about 300 miles East of Norfolk. The ship caught fire where it was hit and settled by the bow with a list to port.
1944
Chief Radioman Richard M. Peterson
Fairmount, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: December 03, 1944 / Age: 25
Died while in MIA status. Killed in the sinking of USS Cooper (DD-695) when the destroyer was struck by a torpedo in Ormoc Bay, Philippines.