MIA

Aviation Ordnanceman 2c Wayne L. Wood

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

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

Date of Loss: January 05, 1946 / Age: 23

Died while in MIA status.

Sgt. Einar Nelson

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 873rd Bomber Squadron, 498th Bomber Group, Very Heavy

Date of Loss: January 28, 1946 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Ens. Keith E. Ellis

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

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

Date of Loss: February 05, 1946 / Age: 26

Died while in MIA status.

2nd Lt. John R. Reichert

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Marine Corps

Date of Loss: January 21, 1946 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

2nd Lt. Howard E. Gad

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 530th Bomber Squadron, 380th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: January 24, 1946 / Age: 25

Died while in MIA status.

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.

Pvt. Lee E. Anderson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 423rd Infantry Regiment, 106th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 08, 1946 / Age:

Killed in action in Belgium. Remains not recovered. 

Electrician's Mate 1c Nick Funk

World 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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Aviation MM3c Wilmar P. Sell

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: February 04, 1946 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Seaman 1c Lawrence A. Yanish

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.