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KIA-MIA Memorial Project

Memorial Project for KIA-MIA in the CBI during WWII.

 

KIA-MIA Memorial Project

 

War so often requires a dear sacrifice - the loss of so many promising young people. Never does war only take away a soldier but also a son, brother, father, husband or best-friend.

In battle many die of injuries, and they are listed at killed-in-action (KIA). Equally as tragic is the case of soldiers listed as missing-in-action (MIA). Initially a family cannot help but hope for eventual rescue. Although the U.S. government considers an MIA deceased after one year, this hardly brings closure. The family is left to anguish in uncertainty.

These servicemen are the unsung heroes of their generation and we want to give them voice. Our goal is to profile one hundred soldiers either listed as killed in action (KIA) or missing in action (MIA). With your help we can tell the stories of the fallen. We also must act quickly before these memories fade away.

One hundred may seem like large number, but it is only a fraction of the total sacrifice.

Do you information regarding someone who should be memorialized here? By all means contact us--you may be the only person who can speak for that person today.

Murray E. Abbott, who was tragically lost in Dec. 1944 on a combat mission.
Clarence I. Anderson, Pvc., Service No. 19059691, in the back row in uniform in 1943, in Seattle, WA, with his younger brother and three younger sisters, as well as his mother Ester (far left) and father Ivan (second from the right). 
Corporal Edmond F. Anzalone, 30, a flying photographer, was killed in action January 7, 1945, while taking off for an photo recon mission in a B-29 from Dushkundi base in India.
Sgt Richard Dille “Dick” Arbogast, killed during crash 28 May 1944, in China. (Photo courtesy of Vindicator I.)
Lawrence Bowar was tragically lost in 1944 along with the whole crew of his B-24.
Hubert F. Blades, S/Sgt., from Vicksburg, Mississippi, aerial gunner on the B-25, lost in China on 8 May 1943.
Raymond J. Bridge, who disappeared on a flight on May 25, 1944.
Capt Kenneth R. Bridges (pilot), 491st Bomb Squadron, was killed in the crash of "Niagra's Belle" (43-3906) on 19 January 1945.
Vincent DePaul Burns
Captain Glade C. Burton, a pilot with the 51st Fighter Group , disappeared strangely on a short routine flight near Kunming on January 20, 1945, and never have there any clues regarding what might have happened to him. Even through 60 years have passed, he has by no means been forgotten, and the costs that these great men and their families have paid has not been lessened. Indeed, part of our hope here is that not only will Mr. Burton be honored, but also that this man, his life, and his sacrifice will beco
T/Sgt. Walter F. Casselberry
Edward E. Chase, MIA-KIA from the CBI.
Warren John Christensen
Carlton Covey BRANCH OF SERVICE U.S. Army Air Forces.
Cornelius D. Cregin, MIA-KIA from the CBI.
Walter G. Daniels, a pilot with the 21st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, was killed on February 2, 1945, as he tried to bail out of his aircraft.
1st Lt. Irving Woodrow Degon died on January 20, 1944. He was born May 15, 1916.
William A. Drager, MIA-KIA from the CBI.
S/Sgt. Carroll B. Duncan, MIA-KIA from the CBI. "Missing on Combat Mission over Anjen, China."
Frank B. DiPaola, Private First Class, Missing in Action (MIA) in the CBI during WWII.
1st Lt. Frank P. Dwyer, ASN #O-1551389, MIA from the CBI. Lt. Dwyer was an ordnance officer for the India-China Wing, Air Transport Command, and was lost on a flight June 14, 1944. Officially listed as missing from Assam, India. From Michigan, hometown of Ironwood, MI. Years later, still fondly remembered by his brother-in-law, Mr. Jack E. Rush.
Jerome F. Eisenman (23rd Fighter Group, 76th Fighter Squadron).
"Bob" Fensler grew up an active youth in the Tule Lake, California, area, as in this image.
2Lt Harold Filer standing at a base in China, before he disappeared in 1943.
Finley Howard Ganoe
Lt. Ernest Garner’s who disappeared over Shanxi province, China in the spring of 1945.
1st Lt. Nick Gazibara, pilot with the 74th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group, in China, killed in 1945 in China.
Lt. Harold Ellis Greenberg (seen above in his high school graduation picture), India China Wing ATC, was tragically lost on 20 December 1943.
John Edward Guffin.  He was lost with his whole bomber crew.
First Lieutenant Hampden Wallace Harding, bomber pilot and holder of the Air Medal for more than 300 combat missions, was killed March 13 in fighting over Hainan Strait, China.
1st Lt. Albert Lloyd Haynes Jr. of the 26th Fighter Squadron, 51st Fighter Group, 14th Air Force. Lt. Albert (Pappy) Haynes was a P-40 pilot who was shot down and lost on July 5th, 1944 over Hengyang, Hunan Province.
1st Lt John R. Herdic was born in 1921 in Williamsport, PA. He was KIA at Duong Dao, Indochina (now the very southern part of Vietnam) while bombing a railroad bridge on January 19, 1945 during his 50th mission/51st week from Yankai Field.
2nd Lt. Paul S. Hite was killed while flying with another crew on March 26, 1943. The plane he was on crash on take off on a combat mission. Eight of the nine people on that flight died, with S/Sgt. Harvey Cook as the sole survivor. Lt. Hite enlisted on April 30, 1940. ASN O-791435. He was born on February 7, 1916. Shown here in clipping with early crew in Tucson, Sept. 1942. Lt. Hite was born in Arkansas on February 9, 1916. He had two brothers and one sister. Lt. Hite left behind a wife, Mable Marie Hi
2nd Lt. Phillips Gardner Huffman was killed on a flight on March 20, 1943, over the Hump on B-24 "The Pregnant Swan," #42-40069, while enroute from Pandaveswar, India to Kunming, China. 308th Bombardment Group. During the flight there was no radio "advice" sent out from the crew indicating any trouble. The craft simply disappeared this, their first, over the treacherous Hump.
1st Lt. Folke Leon Johnson, A.S.N. 0-799026. Lt. Johnson was on a 308th Bombardment Group B-24 (listed as "Old Acquaintance", #44-40826).
James R. Kay.
Harland B. Keating, 11th Bomb Squadron, who was killed on December 30, 1943 while on a bombing run on the Yangtze river.
George Kelly, S/Sgt., from Aurora, Illinois, engineer-gunner on the B-25, lost in China on 8 May 1943.
Alva Knox, one of the many men (and women) lost tragically during the war.
Paul J. Koerner who was lost tragically in the CBI. 
Newspaper clipping about death of L. B. Kriner
Howard Krippner, lost on a mission in China. (23rd Fighter Group, 76th Fighter Squadron)
Anthony S. Kryscio, lost in the CBI during WWII in 1944.
Frederick B. Lee, 2nd Lt., from Salem, Massachusetts, navigator on the B-25, lost in China on 8 May 1943.
Edgar P. Loomis, who was tragically lost while flying over Burma on a mission during WWII.
John B. Lyman, Lt., from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, copilot on the B-25, lost in China on 8 May 1943.
2nd Lt. Nicholas Marich (sometimes spelled Marick), killed along the members of two other air crews on January 12, 1943, when two B-25 Mitchell bombers were practicing formation flying during a training exercise, when they collided at Chakulia, India. He had previously been shot down on October 25, 1942, during a mission to Hong Kong and evaded capture, eventually making it back to an American base.
Ewald was serving in the Burma Theater, and at the same time he was flying missions over the South China Sea. His younger brother Curt, mentioned earlier, was serving on the USS Razorback patrolling the area between Formosa and the Chinese mainland. During the 14th Army Air Force's combat flight over Formosa on the night of August 31, 1944, Ewald was aboard, and he and his crew were reported missing. The American crew was ordered to go on a special mission to clear out an important enemy installation, but
1st Lt Billy Y. McCrary, sevice number 0-674696, who was lost in the Yellow Sea, September 8, 1944, on a mission to Anshan, China, while on a mission aboard a B-29 bomber, #42-6234.
James D. McDowell, 2nd Lt., ID: O-515741, Missing in Action (MIA) in the CBI during WWII.
S/Sgt John H. McGee, 491st Bomb Squadron, was killed during operations in the CBI.
Henry E. Miehe, pointing to battle damage on his airplane. China, WWII.
1st Lt. Van N. Moad in a group image of American flyers in Karachi, August, 1944. Born March 6, 1922, from Nampa, Idaho. He was a member of 8th Fighter Squadron, 3rd Fighter Group, CACS, and disappeared on a flight from Liangshan to Hankou flying P-51C #42-106971,"Big Blue Eyes,"  dated January 14, 1945. Declared dead January 15, 1946. Canyon County, Idaho.
2st Lt. Stuart M. Moore, who was lost in the Yellow Sea, September 8, 1944, on a mission to Anshan, China, while on a mission aboard a B-29 bomber, #42-6234.
S/Sgt Harry A. Mozian, MIA.On March 5, 1944.
T/Sgt Ashley F. Neary (radio), 491st Bomb Squadron, was killed during operations on January 19, 1945, when his B-25H crashed following an attack on the Do Len bridge in French-Indo China.
Harvey A. Nysteen, CBI MIA/KIA.
T/Sgt Irving H. Pelkey, MIA.
Joseph Petrella, MIA-KIA from the CBI.
Walter S. Polchlopek, Corporal, lost on May 20, 1944, over the sea near the south east coast of China, after a B-24 mission to strike Japanese shipping.
Edward Wilson Price, who disappeared in China, along with the rest of the crew of their B-24 bomber in 1944.
Robert B. Reade, MIA from the CBI.
Joseph C. Rich, MIA-KIA from the CBI.
Harold V. Rightbower
T/Sgt. Harold. D. Robertson (inset in image), ASN 17052777, disappeared during an L-5 flight on 7 May 1944. (Also in the image is Rex Davis, and Floyd Whitney; image taken at Desert Army Air Base, California, summer 1943. Image provided by 5th Liaison Squadron Flight Line Chief R. J. Koppel.)
Marlin Samuel Savidge
Robert V. Sayer
Lyle L. Schulzkump, pilot of B-24 #42-100040, that disappeared on May 26, 1944, on a L.A.B. mission.
Elden E. Shirley, S/Sgt., from Saco, Maine, bombardier on the B-25, lost in the CBI on 8 May 1943.
S/Sgt Joseph A. Siana (armorer), 491st Bomb Squadron, was killed during operations on January 19, 1945, when his B-25H crashed following an attack on the Do Len bridge in French-Indo China.
Lynnwood W. Smith, 11th Bomb Squadron , who was killed on December 30, 1943 while on a B-25 bombing run on the Yangtze river.
Glen A. Sneyd (engineer), 491st Bomb Squadron, was killed during operations on January 19, 1945.
William H. Streeter.
Andrew Sustarsic, who disappeared on December 18, 1944, on a L.A.B. mission, flying as navigator on a B-24.
Loren F. Taylor, MIA from the CBI.
L. V. Teeter, pilot with the 23rd Fighter Group, MIA in China near Liuzhou city, Guangxi province.
1st Lt. John P. Toler, MIA.
Burton E. Trainor.
Lt. Robert "Hoyle" Upchurch, 74th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group, missing October 6, 1944. (Photo courtesy of LLewis.)
James C. Vurgaropulos lost his life after a crash in China as he strafed a ground target in his P-40 (serial no. 42-104941) on Jun 29 1944. Lt. Vurgaropulos was on a mission leading 16 planes near Changsha. Lt.Vurgaropulos was a member of the 75th Fighter Squadron, of the 23rd Fighter Group.
Martin S. Waite
On a late afternoon in June, 1944, a single American B-24 bomber struggled up into cloudy skies from one of the runways at the Guilin (Kweilin) air base in southern China, then banked to the northeast and set a course towards the Changjiang (Yangtze) river. Orders for the pilot, 2nd Lt. William H. Wallace (308th Bombardment Group, 425th Squadron), and his crew of seven others
Douglas C. Weaver, Capt, from Miamisburg, Ohio, pilot on the B-25, lost in China on 8 May 1943.
William H. C. White, 11th Bomb Squadron, 341st Bomb Group, who was killed on December 30, 1943 while on a bombing run on the Yangtze river.
Reed S. Wilburn
Captain George Williams, MIA, on March 5, 1944.
Corporal Robert L. Ziegler was lost on the American B29 bomber # 42-6359, which crashed on December 7, 1944.
Elmer Zobb was lost upon crash of a converted B-24, #41-23889, after departure from Chabua, India, on the early morning of January 25, 1944, for a flight to Kunming, China. After the war, in 1949 a funeral was held for him on April 7, in Washington DC, and his parents were in attendance.
Leon F. Zombeck, MIA-KIA from the CBI. 

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Submitted by Pat on Thu, 08/13/2020 - 23:36

Add lt. Upchurch to memorial list.    pat    RE:KIA-MIA Memorial Homepage        
Add Gregory, Carrol D, at Tungloa    pat    RE:KIA-MIA Memorial Homepage        

"2nd Lt. Rex D. Arnold (Xita files)
Also, some great info at http://hometown.aol.com/medalcol/purple_hearts_of_world_war_ii.htm.

2nd Lt. Rex D. Arnold, O-684459, B-24J, Co-Pilot, 374th Bomb Squadron, 308th Bomb Group, 14th Air Force.  Killed in Action on 26 May 1944 when his aircraft his the side of a mountain in bad weather while on a  Radar Reconnaissance mission from Chengkung airfield, China to Hainan Island in the South China Sea. Born on 11 February 1922, he entered the service on 26 June 1943 from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
2nd Lt. Arnold served in the China-India-Burma Theater as the Co-Pilot of B-24 #42-100040.  The 308th Bomb Group was based in China and supported Chinese ground forces, and attacked Japanese shipping.  On 26 May 1944, Lt. Arnold's aircraft took off from Chengkung Airfield.  Approximatky one hour into the mission, the aircraft crashed about 50 miles south of Mengtze, China near the present day border of Vietnam. Eyewitnesses report that the aircraft crashed into the side of the Morshih Kou Shan mountain near the villages of Na Fa and Ta Shen as it apparently was attempting to get under the poor weather. Because the aircraft was carrying extra fuel tanks in the bomb bays, the aircraft exploded with such force that only small traces of the aircraft were ever recovered. 2nd Lt. Arnold's body was never recovered and he was pronounced dead on 27 May 1945.  He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal and Purple Heart.

He is listed on the Tablet of the Missing at Fort Bonifacio Military Cemetery, Manila, Philippine Islands. He was 23 years old.
"    pat    RE:KIA-MIA Memorial Homepage        
John F Hampshire    pat    RE:KIA-MIA Memorial Homepage        
1st Lt. Leon Lichard--contact Jane    pat    RE:KIA-MIA Memorial Homepage        
"Dave Walli ⛺️
Capt Capt. John F. Hampshire, Jr. was a highly talented fighter pilot who served in the 75th Fighter Squadron from late September, 1942 until his death in May, 1943. A rising star in the 75th Fighter Squadron named John Hampshire was shooting down Japanese planes as fast as he made contact with them. As his victory totals soared, many considered him the most brillant fighter pilot to fly in the theater. Hampshire had racked up an incredible 13th aerial kills in his first six missions.

buried at Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. Awards includ Silver Star, a Purple Heart, 4 air medals, oakleaf cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross; He is credited for downing 17 enemy aircraft and hold the record at the Air Aces Museum in Mesa AZ.

Born Grants Pass Oregon

http://ijpr.org/post/world-war-ii-pilot-receives-honors-grants-pass

http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Johnny-Hampshire/61219576

http://evergreenmuseum.org/the-museum/oregon-aviation-hall-of-honor/

http://video.soptv.org/video/2365274638/

http://scaleplasticandrail.com/kaboom/index.php/component/content/article/42/468-barracudacals-bc32007-132-p-40k-warhawks-pt-1-a-bc48007-148-p-40k-warhawks

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Henry Staples (on NAS?)    pat    RE:KIA-MIA Memorial Homepage        
"James R. Fox, jr., - Dalhart, TX
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMAMV8_James_R_Fox_jr_Dalhart_TX
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2002-10/24/content_606757.htm


http://peninsulaclarion.com/stories/092103/peo_092103peo004001.shtml#.VhJM14-qpBc

http://en.people.cn/200210/24/eng20021024_105566.shtml

http://en.people.cn/200210/21/eng20021021_105436.shtml


At the Dallam County Courthouse, Dalhart honors the memory of James R. Fox, Jr. (March 16, 1919—March 11, 1943), who flew supplies to China for Pan American Airways, then a joint Chinese and American company, during World War II through the treacherous Hump Route. Fox and his two Chinese copilots were killed, when their Douglas C-52 cargo plane crashed. In 2002, the Peoples Republic of China made a bronze bust in Fox's honor and presented it to Dalhart

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"Harold. D. Robertson  King08-X1_0014_2_MIA_Robertson ASN 170527777 May 1944  S/No. 42-98865
ROBERTSON HAROLD D      17052777   T SG  FOD  FOD = FINDING OF DEATH        

Harold D. Robertson
Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army
5th Liaison Squadron
Entered the Service From: Arkansas
Service #: 17052777
Date of Death: May 07, 1944

HOMETOWN
Rector, AR 

HONORED BY
Msgt Roy Kappel


ACTIVITY DURING WWII

NORTH BURMA, 1944; WAS A LIAISON PILOT, 5TH LIAISON SQUADRON. FLYING L-5A # 42-98865. DISAPPEARED INTO AN OVERCAST ABOUT 32 MILES NORTH OF SHINGBWIYANG, BURMA ON MAY 7, 1944. 

Almost all the Cubs flew in civilian life. Many are washed out cadets, many were too old to become cadets. All this increased their passion for flying. The strips lie five to 15 minutes from the front and they feel bushed when a day goes by without having been in the air. Once in a while, they are shot down or lost in bad weather. Then they name the strips after their dead buddies. Their main strip is Robertson Field, since T/Sgt. Harold D. Robertson has never returned.                                 
"    pat    RE:KIA-MIA Memorial Homepage        
"James B Strader (died 1944) was born into the Strader family. He died on July 14, 1944.  OREGON
Brother John M.

He was buried in National Memorial Cemetery Of The Pacific Section C Site 438, 2177 Puowaina Drive, Honolulu, Hi.

http://www.wallowa.com/out_of_the_past/20140819/out-of-the-past-joseph-sewer-system-approved:
Aug. 17, 1944

Capt. James B. Strader, son of Mrs. Lydia Womack of Seattle and formerly of Wallowa, was killed in action in Kunming, China on July 14, 1944, according to a recent announcement received by his mother from the War department. … Capt. Strader graduated from Wallowa High School with the class of 1937.
Enlisted? SEPTEMBER 25, 1941

April 29, 1937:WALLOWA - Fourteen FFA boys and their instructor, George Pope, left Tuesday evening for Corvallis to attend the state FFA convention. The boys are Harry McNeal, Kenneth Brooks, Tom Johnson, Reid Johnson, James Johnson, James Strader, Douglas Whipple, Vern McClain, Ernie Smith, Roland Bramlet, Weldon Downing, Bill Dougherty, Bill Rounsavell and Bill Wolfe.
March 11, 1937

The hardware store of Prentiss Homan and his son-in-law, Archie McRae, will be moved in a few days to the Riley corner on Main Street in Enterprise.... The move brings out a curious fact. Mr. Homan went to school in the old building when it was new 50 years ago and stood several blocks to the east, near the present schoolhouse.

WALLOWA - Nine FFA boys vied for prizes in their public speaking contest Monday night. First prize of $4 was awarded to James Strader, second of $2.50 to Harry McNeil and third to Roland Bramlett. Also in the contest were Vern McClain, Jack Strader, Weldon Dorming, Tom Johnson, Billy Wolfe and Marshall Weaver."    pat    RE:KIA-MIA Memorial Homepage        
"TSgt Cecil L Olson, Radio Operator, from ID
Birth:     Nov. 1, 1918
Death:     May 20, 1944

TSGT USAAF WWII
308th BG, 373rd B Sq
Radio Operator

B-24J #42-73317 'Puck' took off from Liuchow headed for the base at Yangkai, China on a Sea Sweep mission. The plane and its entire crew disappeared when attacked by possible anti-aircraft fire at sea. The crew members were~

1st Lt Donald G Richardson, Pilot, from CO
1st Lt Frank L Munson, CoPilot, from NY
1st Lt James P ‘Jim' Gilbert, Navigator, from NJ
1st Lt Linus J Austin, Bombardier, from KS
TSgt Cecil L Olson, Radio Operator, from ID
SSgt Arthur (NMI) Regal, Asst Radio Operator, from CA
TSgt Harold W ‘H W' Case, Engineer, from IL
Cpl Jordan L Daley, Asst Engineer, from OH
Cpl Walter S Polchlopek, Gunner/Armorer, from MA
SSgt Clifford T Hamilton, Gunner/Armorer, from OH
1st Lt Russell T Breckenridge, Sq S-2 Officer, from CA

The crew is listed here in the virtual cemetery for 'B-24J #42-73317 ‘Puck'

Sgt Pasquale 'Patsy' Gerrone was best friends with Gunner SSgt Clifford T Hamilton, and they were both a part of the B-24 'Puck' crew. Sgt Gerrone was not on the plane the day it disappeared because the flight surgeon had grounded him due to illness.

After returning from the war, Sgt Gerrone wrote to SSgt Hamilton's widow Elora out of concern for the loss of his best friend. Sgt Gerrone eventually married Elora and raised Hamilton's daughter and four sons of their own.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
 
Note: Entered the service from Idaho.
 
Burial:
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial 
Manila
Metro Manila
National Capital Region, Philippines
 
Maintained by: B24CoPilotNiece
Originally Created by: CWGC/ABMC
Record added: Aug 08, 2010 
Find A Grave Memorial# 56762593
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56762593
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"
DANIELS PATRICK H III
MIRA LOMA FLIGHT ACADEMY (CALIFORNIA) MAJOR C. C. MOSELEY, Operator This primary flight school at Oxnard, California, was originally known as Cal-Aero but 
was renamed Mira Loma to avoid confusion since Major C. C. Moseley, the civilian 
contractor, was already operating the Cal-Aero Academy at Ontario, California. 
The main base comprised 145 acres and, in addition, there were three auxiliary fields. 
The school maintained three hangars, eighteen buildings devoted to living quarters, two 
Army administration buildings, a recreation hall and a mess hall. The barracks at Mira 
Loma were first set up in the Oxnard Community Building. When permanent ones were 
built they consisted of small cottages set in circular rows around a central parade ground. 
Major Moseley operated a third contract school, the Polaris Flight Academy, at 
Lancaster, California. 
One of the outstanding graduates of Mira Loma was Lieutenant Patrick H. Daniels, III. 
While piloting a fighter plane escorting Brigadier General Caleb V. Haynes's bombers in 
a raid on a Japanese invasion port in China, Daniels observed several Jap Zeros 
approaching and dove into them. He came out with three enemy ships on his tail. He 
evaded two of these and turned headlong into the third, shooting it down. The other Zeros 
were dispersed and the bombers continued on the raid which turned out to be one of the 
most successful ever made in the area. 
In another exploit over the Chinese jungles, Daniels had his right shoulder pierced by a 
bullet and his radio cord severed by another bullet. With his right arm useless, Daniels, 
who was squadron leader, led his flight safely back to base, flying with his left hand and 
making a perfect landing despite considerable loss of blood. 
Lieutenant Daniels was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Silver Star Medal, Air 
Medal, and Purple Heart."    pat    RE:KIA-MIA Memorial Homepage        
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Birth:     1920
Carter County
Oklahoma, USA
Death:     Mar. 21, 1943, India

WWII US Army Air Corps MIA 

Lieutenant Jerrold E. Owens was the son of Wyatt Hamilton Owens and Maudie (Kuntz) Owens Coulter Longshore, born in Oklahoma, most likely Carter County. He had one sister, Theopa Christine (Owens) McNally Sheen. 

After the divorce of his parents, Jerrold and his sister moved with their mother to Norman, Oklahoma, where he attended high school. The family then moved to California where he enlisted in the US Army Air Corps (forerunner of the US Air Force) on January 29, 1941 from March Field Riverside, Los Angeles County, California as a Private. He was married at that time to someone unknown to me.

Jerrold was a Co-Pilot on ""The Pregnant Swan"", aircraft #42-40069, from the 308th Bomb Group. The aircraft was lost with all aboard on a flight over ""the Hump"" in India. 

The 9 dead were:
Acting Pilot: Major Robert W. Fensler
Pilot: 2nd Lt. Phillip G. Huffman
Co-Pilot: 2nd Lt. Jerrold E. Owens
Navigator: 2nd Lt. Frederick W. Ossenfort
Bombardier: 2nd Lt. Harvey M. Nix
Engineer: TSgt. Erle H. Thayer
Assistant Engineer: SSgt. Aubrey Stevensen
Radio Operator: TSgt. Norman A. Price
Assistant Radio Operator"" SSgt Louis F. Verhagen
Gunner SSgt: Sandav E. Rivardo

Clayton Kuhles of Prescott, Arizona, is privately conducting MIA search expeditions to locate and document MIA Allied aircraft lost in Burma, India, Bangladesh and China during World War II. He found the site of Jerrold's wreckage in September, 2008.

Jerrold was listed by the war department as missing since March 21, 1943. Mr. Kuhles' efforts have finally helped bring some closure to our family for this long-lost hero who was a first cousin of my dad.

We continue to wait for his remains to be brought home.

Maternal Grandfather:
Jacob H Kuntz
 
 
Family links: 
 Parents:
  Wyatt Hamilton Owens (1891 - 1964)
 
Burial:
Body lost or destroyed
Specifically: Lost on a flight over ""The Hump"" in India during WWII; remains of the plane wreckage were found in 2008
 
Created by: J&G Sanders
Record added: Apr 10, 2009 
Find A Grave Memorial# 35707583
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35707583"    pat    RE:KIA-MIA Memorial Homepage        

Submitted by Pat on Sun, 05/30/2021 - 12:11

Nathan Margolies, Edwin Ely Scranton, John Edward Cunningham. 9th BS, 7th BG.

Lt. Edwin E. Scranton, B-24 navigator. Pilot Lt. Nathan Margolies, and gunner S/Sgt. John E. Cunningham. Killed in a March 24, 1945, air accident, India.

Submitted by Pat on Tue, 06/29/2021 - 09:12

https://www.142fw.ang.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2332296/redha…]

 

Lt. Kenneth E. Shafer (Killed 15 Nov 44)

Lt. Jack W. Berringer (Missing 21 Nov 44)

Lt. Franklin J. McKinney (Missing 5 Nov 44)

Lt. Estal W. Behrens (Killed 2 Feb 45)

Lt. Phillip L. French (Missing 30 Jul 1945)

Capt. William W. Deen, III (Initially missing, later found killed, 1 Aug 45)

Lt. Hillie N. Asterious (Killed 13 Sep 45)

 

Submitted by Pat on Sat, 01/15/2022 - 10:49

US Army Technician 4th Class Robert F. Sherman, CBI MIA. "On January 6, 1945 he was a passenger on the C-46A #42-96721 "Stork" assigned to the 1333rd Army Air Force Base Unit. They had taken off with a crew of 4 and 9 passengers from Kunming, China on a cargo mission to Chabua, India. Enroute they were contacted by radio and were not seen nor heard from again. Weather conditions were treacherous, and it was reported that other aircraft on the same route were experiencing severe icing."

 

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