2018 POW/MIA Recoveries

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Adkins, Marvin B.

Age 20, US Navy
Rank: Gunners Mate 3rd Class
Conflict: WWII
Hometown: Seattle, Washington

Killed in action 12/07/1941
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
USS Oklahoma

Accounted for 11/20/2018

Akers, Joseph

Age 22, US Army
Rank: Corporal
Conflict: WWII
Hometown: Kenova, West Virginia

Missing in action 11/25/1944
Hurtgen Forest, Germany

Accounted for 11/27/2018

Aldridge, Willard Henry

Age 20, US Navy
Rank: Seaman 1st Class
Conflict: WWII
Hometown: Sitka, Kansas

Killed in action 12/07/1941
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
USS Oklahoma

Accounted for 05/17/2018

Allen, Clarence

Age 23, US Army Air Corps
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Conflict: WWII
Hometown: Venice, California

Missing in Action 10/12/1944
Dusseldorf, Germany

Accounted for 05/16/2018

Anderson, Melvin C.

Age 31, US Army
Rank: Sergeant
Conflict: WWII
Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska

Killed in action 11/25/1944
Hurtgen Forest, Germany

Accounted for 10/04/2018

Arickx, Leon

Age 22, US Navy
Rank: Seaman 1st Class
Conflict: WWII
Hometown: Mitchell, Iowa

Killed in action 12/07/1941
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
USS Oklahoma

Accounted for 06/29/2018

Ashley, Fred W.

Age 22, US Army
Rank: Private First Class
Conflict: WWII
Hometown: Emmett, Idaho

Killed/Missing 05/04/1945
Paseka, Czechoslovakia

Accoutned for 10/12/2018

B-17 Crew 323rd Bomb Squadron

TSgt. Allen A. Chandler Jr
SSgt. Robert O. Shoemaker
TSgt John F. Brady
SSgt Bobby J. Younger
1st Lt. John H. Liekus

Missing in action 11/02/1944
Merseberg, Germany

Accounted for 06/27/2018

Backman, Walter H.

Age 22, US Navy
Rank: Radioman 2nd Class
Conflict: WWII
Hometown: Wilton, North Dakota

Killed in Action 12/07/1941
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
USS Oklahoma

Accounted for 05/22/2018

Bailey, Elwood R.

Age: 22, US Marines
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Conflict: WWII
Hometown: Parma, Michigan

Missing in action 08/24/1942
Guadalcanal Island

Accounted for 10/04/2018

Bailey, John S.

Age 28, US Army Air Corps
Rank: Technical Sergeant
Conflict: WWII
Hometown: Woodstock, Virginia

Killed/Missing 01/21/1944
Tarawa Atoll

Accounted for 06/05/2018

Baker, David

Age 18, US Army
Rank: Private First Class
Conflict: Korea
Hometown: Gary, Indiana

Missing in Action 11/28/1950
Yongbyong, North Korea

Accounted for 06/15/2018

Baker, Donald L.

Age 20, US Army
Rank: Sergeant
Conflict: Korea
Hometown: Thornton, Arkansas

Missing in action 09/06/1950
Haman, South Korea

Accounted for 06/11/2018

Ball, Billy R.

Age 20, US Army
Rank: Private First Class
Conflict: WWII
Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri

Died as POW 09/18/1942
Cabanatuan POW Camp, Philippines

Accounted for 04/30/2018

Barker, Raymond A.

Age 22, US Marine Reserves
Rank: Corporal
Conflict: WWII
Hometown: Evanston, Illinois

Killed/Missing 11/20/1943
Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll

Accounted for 04/30/2018

Barrett, Wilbur C.

Age 26, US Navy
Rank: Seaman 2nd Class
Conflict: WWII
Hometown: El Dorado, Kansas

Killed in action 12/07/1941
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
USS Oklahoma

Accounted for 12/17/2018

Bauder, James R.

Age 35, US Navy
Rank: Captain
Conflict: Vietnam
Hometown: San Fernando, California

Missing in Action 09/21/1966
Quynh Phuong Village, Vietnam

Accounted for 12/11/2018

Beed, Milton M.

Age 30, US Army
Rank: Sergeant 1st Class
Conflict: Korea
Hometown: Meadow Grove, Nebraska

Died as POW 10/31/1951
Suan POW Camp, North Korea

Accounted for 04/18/2018

Bensinger Jr, Alfred Gady

Age 25, US Army
Rank: Sergeant 1st Class
Conflict: Korea
Hometown: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Died as POW, 01/1951
Hofong Camp, North Korea

Accounted for 02/08/2018

Blancheri, William H.

Age, US Navy
Rank: Pharmacist's Mate 3rd Class
Conflict: WWII
Hometown: Los Angeles, California

Killed/Missing 11/20/1943
Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll

Accounted for 12/17/2018

Blue, Willie E.

Age 19, US Army
Rank: Private First Class
Conflict: Korea
Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana

Missing in action 08/31/1950
Pusan, South Korea

Accounted for 05/22/2018

Boegli, William A.

Age 25, US Army
Rank: Private
Conflict: WWII
Hometown: Sedan, Montana

Killed in action 09/30/1944
Angaur Island, Palau Island Chain

Accounted for 12/17/2018

Boyce, James L.

Age 21, US Army
Rank: Sergeant 1st Class
Conflict: Korea
Hometown: Carnegie, Pennsylvania

Missing in Action 07/11/1950
Chonui, South Korea

Accounted for 12/13/2018

Campbell, William V.

Age 20, US Navy
Rank: Seaman 2nd Class
Conflict: WWII
Hometown: Elizabethton, Tennessee

Killed in action 12/07/1941
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
USS Oklahoma

Accounted for 10/04/2018

Canty, John

Age 22, US Army Air Corps
Rank: Staff Sergeant
Conflict: WWII
Hometown: Winsted, Connecticut

Killed in action 06/22/1944
France

Accounted for 07/03/2018