POW
World War II
1st Lt. Clarence E. Van Ray
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Marine Corps
Date of Loss: January 28, 1945 / Age:
Died in a POW camp.
2nd Lt. Benjamin E. Jones, Jr.
Bismarck, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 38th Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division
Date of Loss: December 04, 1944 / Age: 25
Died during surgery to amputate his leg which was severely wounded due to a fire fight with a machine gun nest.
Cpl. Theodore Albert Vasicek
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Tr A 4th Calvary Recon Sq
Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age:
Captured by German Forces while on Combat Patrol 27 July 1944.
Wounded In Action France 27 July 1944.
Capt. Frederick J. Gerlich
Dickinson, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 59th Coast Artillery Regiment
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 29
Died while in POW status after being assigned to the 59th Coast Artillery Regiment charged with harbor defenses of Manila and Subic Bays. The 59th Regiment manned the seacoast artillery on Corregidor Island.
PFC Erasmo Garcia
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 27th Infantry Battalion, 9th Armored Division
Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age: 31
Died while in POW status in Germany.
Pvt. Carl H. Franklin
Goodrich, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 194th Tank Battalion
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 25
Died while in POW status on the Japanese ship "Arisan Maru", when it was sunk by an American submarine in the South China Sea. There were 1,803 POWs on the ship, only 9 of which survived the sinking.
Corporal George S. Schroedl
Leonard, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 93rd Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 27
Died in POW status in Bataan.
Cpl. Maurice H. Bonemeyer
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 99th Infantry
Date of Loss: December 17, 1944 / Age: 19
During Battle of the Bulge December 17, 1944 captured by German Forces.
Pvt. Lewis R. Larson
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 30th Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:
Died while in POW status. Killed aboard a Japanese ship when it was hit by torpedoes in the South China Sea.Â
Electrician's Mate 2c Adam J. Klupp
Regent, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 26
Died while in a POW camp.
Sergeant Arnold Edwin Postovit
Tioga, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G
Date of Loss: February 01, 1944 / Age:
He was captured by the German Army in Anzio, Italy in February 1944. He was imprisoned at Stalag 2B in Germany, although he spent much of his time working at a local farm.
EM2 Adam Jack Klupp
Regent, NDBranch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:
Died when Arisan Maru, transporting Allied Prisoners of War from the Philippines to Japan, was sunk by USS Shark (SS-314)
Pvt.1st Class John Raymond Kelner
Park River, NDBranch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:
Died while in Prisoner of War status.
Cpt. Clyde Roy Huddleson
Mandan, NDBranch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: December 31, 1944 / Age:
Died while in Prisoner of War status.
Pvt.1st Class Melvin Eugene Bender
Streeter, NDBranch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: March 06, 1943 / Age:
Died while in Prisoner of War status on Dec 17, 1943.