MIA
World War II

Major Gordon A. Utke
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 31st Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: December 15, 1944 / Age: 29
Died while in MIA status.

2nd Lt. Neil D. Quast
Temvik, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters, US Army Service of Supply
Date of Loss: February 02, 1944 / Age: 27
Died while in MIA status.

Lt. Donald R. McKay
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: November 10, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.

Sergeant Donald J. Bergeron
Kenmare, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 424th Bomber Squadron, 307th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: October 26, 1944 / Age: 19
Died while in MIA status. Memorialized at Manila American Cemetery.

EM1 George A. Bell
Cavalier, NDWorld War II
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: October 10, 1944 / Age: 24
Died while in MIA status.

Private First Class Jack C. Beckwith
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:99th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 16, 1944 / Age: 20
On December 15, 1944, he was with members of Company C on Hill 627 in the woods near Wahlerscheid, Germany, when the men came under attack from multiple German artillery barrages.

GM3c Hartvick L. Anderson
Grand Forks, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: July 11, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in Italy. Remains not recovered.

Staff Sergeant John Gums
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-24J #44-40540
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:424th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: October 18, 1944 / Age: 22
B-24J #44-40540 took off, with a crew of 10, from Morotai, North Maluku Province, Indonesia on a bombing mission over Balikpapan island in Borneo.

Coxswain Alvin L. Schultz
Bottineau, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 28
Died while in MIA status. Killed aboard the USS Birmingham.

Machinist's Mate 3c John P. O'Donnell
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.

Staff Sgt. John G. Kowalski
Park River, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 422nd Bomber Squadron, 305th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: July 05, 1944 / Age: 25
Died while in MIA status.

Aviation Machinist's Mate 1st Class Carlyle J. Fuglie
Devils Lake, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: October 30, 1944 / Age: 23
On October 30, 1944, while the Belleau Wood was patrolling with her task group east of Leyte in the Philippines, she shot down a Japanese kamikaze plane, which fell on her flight deck aft, causing fires which set off ammunition.

AOm2c Leonard W. Nicholson
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: January 26, 1944 / Age: 26
Died while in MIA status.

PFC James J. Willman
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 194th Ordnance Battalion
Date of Loss: April 23, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.

Commander Egbert A. Roth
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.