MIA
World War II
1944
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.
1944
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.
1944
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.
1944
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.
1944
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.
1944
Gunner's Mate 3c Lowell R. Nelson
Grand Forks, 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 (CL-62) when attempting to rescue crew and fight fires alongside the stricken carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23) during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
1944
2nd Lt. Lorne M. Campbell
Casselton, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Quartermaster Corps
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 27
Died while in MIA status. Body was not recovered.
1944
1st Lt. Roger W. Erickson
New Rockford, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 360th Bomber Squadron, 303rd Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: June 22, 1944 / Age: 25
Died while in MIA status.
1944
Seaman 1c Orville D. Rhine
Barton, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: March 30, 1944 / Age: 21
Died while in MIA status.
1944
Pvt. Harold L. Briggs
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Strategic Air Forces
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1944
ARm 2c George L. Huschka
Hope, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: April 01, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1944
1st Lt. Harry W. Eck
Minot, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 327th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: September 13, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action aboard a B-17G Flying Fortress that crashed near Neustaedt-on-the-Werra, Germany.
1944
Staff Sgt. Ernest A. Tweten
Heimdal, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 579th Bomber Squadron, 392nd Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: October 09, 1944 / Age: 24
Died while in MIA status. Killed on a mission to Vegesack aboard 42-7470 "Exterminator" when the aircraft was attacked by enemy fighters in the vicinity of the coast North of the target at Vegesack.
1944
AOM1c William P. McGregor
Straubville, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: October 30, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status - buried at sea.
1944
MoMM2c Cletus F. Lipetzky
Kensal, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: June 11, 1944 / Age: 22
Died while in MIA status, when the USS-LST-496 on which he was serving struck a mine in the English Channel and sank during the coastal invasion of Normandy. His body was not recovered.