POW
World War II (WWII)
1944
Captain Frederick J. Gerlich
Dickinson, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
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.
1944
1st Lieutenant Anthony Kuhn
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-24D #41-24186
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:72nd Bomber Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:13th Army Air Force
Date of Loss: March 05, 1944 / Age: 26
After a successful bombing mission it was noticed by other B-24's, while returning to base, that B-24D #41-24186 was not able to close their bomb bay doors and that one of their engines was also on fire.
1944
Captain Clyde Roy Huddleson
Mandan, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: December 31, 1944 / Age: 32
Major Clyde Huddleston was held as a POW in the Philippine Islands. In December 1944, he was boarded onto the Oryoku Maru for transport to Japan. The ship sailed on December 13th and came under attack from American planes on December 14th.
1944
Private First Class Erasmo Garcia
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:27th Infantry Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:9th Armored Division
Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age: 31
Died while in POW status in Germany.
1944
Major Gordon A. Utke
World War II (WWII)
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.
1944
Private Carl H. Franklin
Goodrich, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron 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.
1944
Corporal George S. Schroedl
Leonard, NDWorld War II (WWII)
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.
1944
Corporal Maurice H. Bonemeyer
World War II (WWII)
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.
1944
Pvt. Lewis R. Larson
World War II (WWII)
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
1944
Chief Pharmacist Mate John C. Ulmer
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: December 13, 1944 / Age: 36
Chief Pharmacist's Mate John Cassady Ulmer, United States Navy, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his death while still in captivity.
1944
Private First Class Raymond R. Schauer
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:28th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: September 07, 1944 / Age: 25
He was a POW on the Shinyo Maru.
1944
Electrician's Mate 2c Adam J. Klupp
Regent, NDWorld War II (WWII)
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.
1944
2nd Lt. Benjamin E. Jones, Jr.
Bismarck, NDWorld War II (WWII)
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.
1944
Sergeant Arnold Edwin Postovit
Tioga, ND
World War II (WWII)
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.
1944
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)