“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.

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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”.

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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