Active MIA Case Investigations

 “History is not only made by those who live it.  History is made by those who write it.”                                            Rick Stone, Chief, Naval Historian, United States Navy

Click on the image above for a direct link to a story regarding a case investigation by the Chief Rick Stone and Family Charitable Foundation courtesy of Fox News, Veterans Day, November 11, 2019

IF YOU ARE A FAMILY MEMBER TO ANY OF THE LOST HEROES LISTED IN OUR ACTIVE INVESTIGATION CASES BELOW, PLEASE CONTACT US IMMEDIATELY!!!

Beginning in 2012, the researchers and investigators of the Chief Rick Stone and Family Charitable Foundation have been preparing comprehensive “Family Reports” for relatives of American service members who remain “Missing in Action” and some who were “Killed in Action” but desired information about their loss.  Almost 590 such reports have been sent providing an enormous amount of information to family members that has never been disclosed or disseminated by the government.

Often the reports exceed 80 to 100 pages in length, including photographs and information on the MIA’s service and circumstances of loss along with our investigator’s analysis regarding the possible location of the missing hero’s remains.

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO CHARGE FOR OUR SERVICES IN PROVIDING THESE REPORTS.

To obtain a customized “Family Report” for your family’s lost hero, simply complete and submit the form below:

 

Recently, a recipient of one of our Family Reports posted this information on the internet, an excerpt of which is re-printed here with his permission:

“My father, having been asked after returning home from the war about Tarawa described it as “A living hell.  The kind of hell that when you look back on and remember and wonder how you ever came through, you or any of the men with you.”  He thought that all the Marines who were left behind were in a beautiful cemetery that was built there saying “Many of the men I knew and loved are buried there.”  Unbeknownst to him, there were hundreds that were not; including his lieutenant and a number of other men that were with him; some of whom remain missing to this day.”

“In a strange twist of fate, over seven decades later, I recently connected with a foundation that provides information in support of the recovery of missing Marines at Tarawa – The Chief Rick Stone Family Charitable Foundation.  I had collected material from this battle over the years in correspondence with Marines of my father’s company and shared it with the foundation.  Having researched this particular case, the information helped the foundation “connect the dots” enabling them to conclusively identify the exact location where my father and “his 20 buddies” had fought alone for those three horrific days so long ago.”

“A number of missing Marines who were with my dad may possibly be recovered now and brought home from Tarawa due to the Stone Foundation’s exceptional work.  The DPAA (Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency) have the information and are working on the case.”

“I wanted to share this story and also give my thanks to the foundation for their efforts to help bring the missing Marines home to their families along with so many others who died at the battle of Tarawa.  It is hard to believe but there are over 80,000 of our military personnel who remain missing from WWII, Korea, Viet Nam and various other conflicts to this date.  Over seventy thousand are from WWII alone.  I write this with hope that the missing Marines who were with my dad in November 1943 will come home with the hope that our people and our country will never forget ANY of our fallen.”

“Ne Obliviscaris” (Forget Not)

Tom Godwin

(Son of SGT Edwin Russell Godwin, recipient of the Silver Star Medal on Tarawa)

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WE CURRENTLY HAVE ACTIVE INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE CASES OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LISTED AS “MISSING IN ACTION”. 

IF YOU ARE RELATED TO ANY OF THESE LOST HEROES, PLEASE CONTACT US IMMEDIATELY!!!

IF YOU KNOW YOUR FAMILY MEMBER WAS LOST IN ONE OF THESE ACTIONS BUT DO NOT SEE HIS OR HER NAME LISTED, WE MAY HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED AN INVESTIGATION ON THEIR CASE AND A COPY IS AVAILABLE TO YOU, SO FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US!

BATTLE OF TARAWA MIA’S

ANDERSON VERN MARSHALL CPL
AVANT OWEN CLAYTON PVT
BECK MILTON MAYNARD CPL
BRUECKNER NORMAN LOWELL CPL
BRYSON ALVIN CHIP PVT
CAIN THOMAS DONNETT JR CPL
CANEPA RICHARD ERNEST PVT
CARLSON GLEN EVAR PVT
CASE ROBERT WILLIAM S1C
CHERRY RAY LAWSON PFC
CLEMONS JAMES HUGH CPL
COLOSKE ROBERT EDWARD PVT
DEKKER HOWARD RALPH PFC
ENTWISLE ENNIS MILTON PFC
FARINO DOMINIC ANTHONY PFC
FEDORSKI GREGORY JOSEPH PFC
   
FERRARA JOSEPH ALOYSIUS JR. SGT
GANDARA HUMBERT WILLIAM PVT
GECZY JOSEPH EDWARD PFC
GILLIS BASIL JOSEPH PFC
GLOWACZ STANLEY SYLVESTER PFC
GRAVES WILLIE RAY PFC
GREEN MICHAEL PFC
GRIFFON JOSEPH PFC
HARRIS THOMAS ROBERT PFC
 
HENNESSEY EDWARD CHARLES 2 LT
HILL JACK EARL PFC
HINCH EWELL LANDING PFC
HOGAN JIMMIE DICK CPL
HOLLAND PAUL JOSEPH CPL
HUDSON RALPH LOUIS PFC
JOHNS JAMES EUGENE PFC
KERN GEORGE FRANK 2 LT
 
KROTOW ALEXANDER CPL
LA FRANCE FREDERICK SGT
LANCHETT HARRY ELLIOTT PVT
 
 
     
LIVINGSTON LLOYD LYNN PVT
LUTZOW HENRY PFC
MAGEHAN HAROLD CHARLES CPL
MAIDMENT ROGER VAN PFC
MANG JACK WELDON PFC
MAREINA GEORGE EDWARD PHM3C
MAYER STEPHEN JOE CPL
MAYER MILTON JOHN PFC
MCDANIEL CLARENCE EDWARD S2C
MILLER HARLEY EUGENE PVT
MORRIS JEROME BERNARD SGT
MURPHY WILBUR DONALD PFC
OHARE EDWARD HENRY LCDR
OLSON OSCAR LA VERNE PFC
PANER ELMER EDWARD PVT
PEGG ELZIEATHIN ANTHONY JR PFC
PERALTA ERNEST PEREZ PFC
PERKINS PAUL GY SGT
PINCKARD GEORGE WASHINGTON Jr. CPL
RAWLINS JOE HORRISS PFC
REYNOLDS DORNIE BYRD PL SGT
REYNOLDS MARVIN THOMAS PFC
RIX GILMORE VANHORN PHM3C
RIXSTINE HERMAN EUGENE 1 LT
ROMANCIK RAYMOND JAMES PFC
ROZANSKI EDWARD EDMUND 2 LT
SANDERS ROBERT LEE PFC
STARK ALBERT KENNETH PFC
SUTHERLAND WALTER VERNON SGT
SWANSON HAROLD GY SGT
THOMPSON JAMES EDWARD PFC
THORP VERNON LEROY SGT
 
VAN HECK ROBERT FRED SGT
VELLUCCI ANGELO MICHAEL PVT
WALKER EDWARD GLENN CAPT
WATKINS JAMES EDWARD PFC
WETHERINGTON WOODROW WILSON PVT
WHITWORTH JAMES ALAN PVT
WILLIAMS VARDEN AFTON PVT
WILLS JOHN WILLIAM PFC
WILSON WILLIAM HENRY PFC
WINNEMUCCA STANLEY PFC
WISE PHILIP GORDON PFC
WRIGHT RICHARD GORDON PVT
ZIMMERMAN SHERMAN GEORGE PFC

 

USS WEST VIRGINIA – PEARL HARBOR MIA’S

BROWN Riley Mirville F1c
DRUM Donald Landford F2c
FRYE Neil Daniel Matt3c
   
LUKER Royle Bradford F3c
LYON Arnold Eugene GM3c
MORRIS William Francis F1c
NEWTON Paul Eugene S1c
PAOLUCCI James Alfred S2c
SCHUON Richard Martin Jr S1c

 

USS CALIFORNIA – PEARL HARBOR MIA’S

ADKINS HOWARD LUCAS F1c
BEAL ALBERT QUENTIN QM3c
BOWDEN EDWARD DANIEL F2c
BOWERS ROBERT KEITH ENS
 
GALASZEWSKI STANLEY CASMIER S2c
GARCIA ROBERT STILLMAN SK3c
GARY THOMAS JONES S2c
HILLMAN MERLE CHESTER PHM2c
McGRAW GEORGE VINCENT F1c
RICHEY JOSEPH LEE ENS
 
WALKER DAVID MATT3c

 

USS PENNSYLVANIA – PEARL HARBOR MIA’S

BAKER, Jr. HENRY ERNEST COX
BRAGA, Jr. CHARLES Y2c
PORTILLO DAMIAN MARAYA SC1c

USS CHEW – PEARL HARBOR MIA’S

WISE CLARENCE ALVIN F3c

USS CURTISS – PEARL HARBOR MIA’S

RICE WILSON ALBERT S1C 

USS ENTERPRISE – PEARL HARBOR MIA’S

COHN  MITCHELL (NMN) RM3c

USS TENNESSEE – PEARL HARBOR MIA’S

SMITH GERALD OWEN SK1C

USS TRACY – PEARL HARBOR MIA’S

BIRD JOHN ARTHUR S1c

USS NEVADA – PEARL HARBOR MIA’S

AQUINO ZOILO (NMN) Matt1c
BRITTON THOMAS ALONZO CPL
GILES THOMAS ROBERT EM2c
HARKER CHARLES WARD FC3c
SHAUM DONALD ROBERT S1c
THUNHORST LEE VERNON S2C
TRUJILLO RICHARD IGNACIO PVT

HICKAM FIELD – PEARL HARBOR MIA’S

BAYS DONALD EDGAR PVT
BOSWELL  FRANK G. PVT
CRUTHIRDS  JOHN EDWARD PFC
GLEASON JAMES J. PFC
HASENFUSS Jr. WILLIAM E. PFC
JOHNSON OLAF A PFC
MANN JOHN HENRY SSGT
MCLAUGHLIN HERBERT ELTON PVT
MEAGER DONALD FRANCIS PATRICK CPL
ORR WILLARD CARLETON PFC
TIBBETTS HERMANN K. PVT
ZUSCHLAG WALTER  J. SGT

KOREAN WAR C-124 ALASKA CRASH MIA’S

COOMBES WILLIAM NELSON CAPT Air Force
DRASKEY DELBERT D CAPT Air Force
KIMBALL JAMES R A3c Air Force
MCMANN DAN F A2c Air Force
NEWSOME STERLING E A1c Air Force
SCOTT MARION LEE A3c Air Force

 

USS TRITON – WORLD WAR II MIA’S

Ralph Edwin Aldrich, Jr.
Thomas Edward Ashton, Jr.
William Edward Ballou
Frank Kenneth Barnes
Edward John Barton
Louis Dominick Basso
Raymond Booth
William Lewis Booth
Stephen S. Boyd
Werner Larry Bruderer
Arlyn Bush
Frederic Howard Christy
Virgil Clifford Clement
Henry Perry Coley
Jack Wendel Cooper
Clarence Cotton
Jack Randolph Crutchfield
John Davis Dabney
Leonard Dazzo Dotson
John Holbrook Eichmann
Joseph Fedorchak
Hoyt Sherlock Fields
Ray Daniel Fielitz
George Ford
Donald Roger George
Bert Joe Grooms
Donald Eugene Hale
Donovan Gilbert Hall
Robert Leslie Harbold
Floyd Ray Harmon
Martin Lewis Herstich, Jr.
Lee Henry Hobbs
Jesse T. Hogg, Jr.
Clyde Holland, Jr.
Donald Edmond William Holquist
Gilbert John Howie, Jr.
Lyman Leroy Isom
Marsh Jones
Alexander John Klekotka
Johnny Paul Klimosewski
Charles Wilfred Landers
Walter Harvey Larkins
John Wylie Lawler
Walter Ellsworth Lines
Percy Eugene Long
George Kenneth Mackenzie, Jr.
William Boyd Martin, Jr.
Herman Thurmon McCalop
Kenneth George McClure
Lloyd Charles McKenzie
Jack Meade
Russell Bedsworth Nixson
Russell Bender Olvey
Cornelius Dion O’Sullivan
Roy Ottis Ottersen
Robert Eugene Page
Edward Schley Parks, Jr.
Willie Lee Peeler
John Petrun
Charles Francis Poyneer
Burnel Cassius Ross
Harry Roland Schlabecker
Leonard Mark Schneider
Edwin St. John Severance
John Francis Shannon
Laurence Shepherd
Vernon Frederick Sorensen
Thomas Charles Thompson
Raymond Edward Trowbridge
Hugh Collett Van Roosen
George Visnich
William Allen Ward
Ferguson Burnett White
Donald Edward Wycoff

 

USS INDIANAPOLIS – WORLD WAR II MIA’S

BATSON EUGENE CLIFFORD S2C
McHONE OLLIE F1C
PAYNE GEORGE DAVID S2C
SPARKS CHARLES BYRD COX
SUDANO ANGELO ANTHONY SSML3C

SS BLACK POINT – WORLD WAR II MIA’S

  • William Marion Antilley, Merchant Marines
  • Leo Henry Beck, Merchant Marines
  • Cleo Hand, Merchant Marines
  • Robert Lord Korb, Merchant Marines
  • Reino Emil Lindstrom,Merchant Marines
  • Lonnie Whitson Lloyd, BM2C, U.S. Navy
  • Milton L. Mathews, Merchant Marines
  • Marvin Alvin Mertinek, Merchant Marines
  • Ainsey L. Morgan, Merchant Marines
  • Richard Shepson, Merchant Marines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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