Recently Accounted-For

The names listed here are U.S. military servicemembers who were once missing and are now accounted-for. Additional information may be seen by visiting the respective Vietnam, Korean War and WWII databases on this site.

These names are displayed in chronological order based on the accounted-for date. The highlighted names are linked to a more detailed news release on that serviceman's identification.

Pfc. Arthur W. Hopfensperger, U.S. Army, Company B, 32^nd Infantry Regiment, 7^th Infantry Division, 31^st Regimental Combat Team, was lost on Nov. 28, 1950, near the Chosin Reservoir. He was accounted for on Sept. 12, 2012.
Capt. James M. Johnstone, U.S. Army, was lost on Nov. 19, 1966, when his OV-1A Mohawk aircraft crashed in Attapu Province, Laos. He was accounted for on Sept. 6, 2012.
Col. Wendell R. Keller, U.S. Air Force, was lost on March 1, 1969, when his F-4D Phantom II aircraft was shot down in Khammouan Province, Laos. He was accounted for on Sept. 6, 2012.
Maj. James. L. Whited, U.S. Army, was lost on Nov. 19, 1966, when his OV-1A Mohawk aircraft crashed in Attapu Province, Laos. He was accounted for on Sept. 5, 2012.
Pvt. 1^st Class James J. Jacques, U.S. Marine Corps, was lost on May 15, 1975, near Koh Tang Island, Cambodia. He was accounted for on Sept. 1, 2012.
Airman 1^st Class Jerry M. Wall, U.S. Air Force, was lost on May 18, 1966, when the C-123B Provider aircraft that he was aboard crashed in Binh Dinh Province, Vietnam. He was accounted for on Aug. 30, 2012.
Sgt. Chester L. Williams, U.S. Army, B Battery, 57^th Field Artillery Battalion, 31st Regimental Combat Team, was lost on Dec. 6, 1950, near the Chosin Reservoir. He was accounted for on Aug. 28, 2012.
Cpl. Luther J. James, U.S. Army, Battery B, 57^th Field Artillery Battalion, 31^st Regimental Combat Team, was lost on Dec. 6, 1950, near the Chosin Reservoir. He was accounted for on Aug. 18, 2012.
Capt. Turnace H. Brown, U.S. Army, 57^th Field Artillery Battalion, 31^st Regimental Combat Team, was lost on Dec. 6, 1950 near the Chosin Reservoir. He was accounted for on Aug. 17, 2012.
Sgt. John R. Jones, U.S. Army, Task Force 1, was lost on June 4, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam. He was accounted for on Aug. 10, 2012.
Lt. Col. Clarence F. Blanton, U.S. Air Force, was lost on March 11, 1968, in Houaphan Province, Laos, when his unit was overrun by enemy forces. He was accounted for on July 26, 2012.
Cpl. Francis J. Reimer, U.S. Army, M Company, 3^rd Battalion, 31^st Infantry Regiment, 31^st Regimental Combat Team, was lost on Dec. 12, 1950, near the Chosin Reservoir. He was accounted for on July 19, 2012.
Cpl. Clarence H. Huff, Jr., U.S. Marine Corps, I Company, 3^rd Battalion, 5^th Marine Regiment, 1^st Marine Division was lost on Dec. 2, 1950, near the Chosin Reservoir. He was accounted for on July 13, 2012.
PFC Richard S. Gzik, U.S. Marine Corps, M Battery, 11^th Artillery Regiment, 1^st Marine Division, was lost on Dec. 2 1950, near the Chosin Reservoir. He was accounted for on July 11, 2012.
PFC Richard W. Rivenburgh and PFC James R. Maxwell, U.S. Marine Corps, were lost on May 15, 1975, near Koh Tang Island, Cambodia. They were accounted for on June 25, and July 9, respectively.
Sgt. William T. Barker, U.S. Army, 503^rd Field Artillery Battalion, 2^nd Infantry Division, was lost in February 1951, while in captivity in Pyokdong, North Korea. He was accounted for on June 30, 2012.
Sgt. Thomas J. Barksdale, B Battery, 503^rd Field Artillery Battalion, 2^nd Infantry Division, was lost on Nov. 30, 1950, near Ch'ongch'on, North Korea. He was accounted for on June 22, 2012.
Sgt. 1^st Class William T. Brown, Sgt. 1^st Class Donald M. Shue and Sgt. 1^st Class Gunther H. Wald , U.S. Army, 5^th Special Forces Group, were lost on Nov. 3, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam. They were accounted for on May 19, 2011, March 18, 2011, and May 30, 2012, respectively.
Cpl. Pryor Gobble, U.S. Army, L Company, 3^rd Battalion, 31^st Regimental Combat Team, was lost on Dec. 11, 1950, near Hagaru-ri, North Korea. He was accounted for on May 23, 2012.
1^st Lt. Warren G. Moxley, U.S. Army Air Forces, 107^th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 67^th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 9^th Air Force, was lost on March 15, 1945, near Neustadt, Germany. He was accounted for on May 22, 2012.
Cpl. Kenneth R. Block, U.S. Army, M Company, 3^rd Battalion, 31^st Infantry Regiment, 31^st Regimental Combat Team, was lost on Dec. 3, 1950, near the Chosin Reservoir, in North Korea. He was accounted for on May 18, 2012.
Radioman 1^st Class Harry C. Scribner, U.S. Navy was lost on Aug. 22, 1943, when the TBF-1 Avenger aircraft on which he was a crewmember crashed on the island of Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides (Vanuatu). He was accounted for on May 4, 2012.
1^st Lt. Laverne A. Lallathin, 2^nd Lt. Dwight D. Ekstam, 2^nd Lt. Walter B. Vincent, Jr., Tech. Sgt. James A. Sisney, Cpl. Wayne R. Erickson, Cpl. John D. Yeager, and Pfc. John A. Donovan, U.S. Marine Corps, were lost on April 22, 1944, when their PBJ-1 crashed over the island of Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides (Vanuatu). They were identified on Jan. 24, 2012. They were accounted for on May 7, March 28, March 6, May 9, March 7, March 14, March 16, respectively. Group Release
Pfc. Gerald W. Kight,U.S. Army, 82nd Division, 504^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, was lost on Sept. 28, 1944, near Groesbeek, Netherlands. He was accounted for on April 19, 2012.
Cpl. David L. Catlin,U.S. Army, 1st Battalion, 32^nd Infantry Regiment, 31^st Regimental Combat Team, was lost on Dec. 2, 1950, near the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea. He was accounted for on April 16, 2012.
Cpl. Clyde E. Anderson, U.S. Army, Medical Company, 31st Infantry Regiment, assigned to the 31st Regimental Combat Team, was lost on Nov. 28, 1950, near Kaljon-ri, North Korea. He was accounted for on April 13, 2012.
Capt. Virgil K. Meroney III, U.S. Air Force, was lost on March 1, 1969, when the F-4D Phantom II that he was piloting was shot down in Khammouan Province, Laos. He was accounted for on April 11, 2012.
Col. Joseph Christiano, Col. Derrell B. Jeffords, Lt. Col. Dennis L. Eilers, Chief Master Sgt. William K. Colwell, Chief Master Sgt. Arden K. Hassenger, and Chief Master Sgt. Larry C. Thornton, U.S. Air Force, were lost on Dec. 24, 1965, when their AC-47D gunship crashed in Savannakhet Province, Laos. They were identified on March 5, 2012. They were accounted for on April 5, April 7, April 6, March 29, March 22, and April 10, respectively.
Lt. Dennis W. Peterson,U.S. Navy, was lost on July 19, 1967, when the SH-3A Sea King helicopter that he was piloting was shot down in Ha Nam Province, Vietnam. He was accounted for on March 30, 2012.
Pfc. Nelson E. Young, U.S. Army, 1^st Battalion, 32^nd Infantry Regiment, 31^st Regimental Combat Team, was captured on Dec. 2, 1950, near the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea and died in late 1950 or early 1951. He was accounted for on March 30, 2012.
Master Sgt. Elwood Green, U.S. Army, E Company, 2^nd Battalion, 5^th Cavalry Regiment, 1^st Cavalry Division was captured on Nov. 28, 1950, and died in 1951 in a POW Camp in North Korea. He was accounted for on Mar. 1, 2012.
Sgt. 1^st Class Richard L. Harris, U.S. Army, L Company, 3^rd Battalion, 9^th Infantry Regiment, 2^nd Infantry Division was captured on Nov. 30, 1950 and died in Jan. 1951 in a POW Camp in North Korea. He was accounted for on Feb. 29, 2012.
2^nd Lt. Charles R. Moritz, U.S. Army Air Forces, of the 496^th Fighter Training Group was lost on June 7, 1944, when his P-51 C Mustang crashed near Goxhill airfield, England. He was accounted for on Feb. 26, 2012.
Staff Sgt. Ahmed K. al-Taie, U.S. Army, was lost on Oct. 23, 2006, while serving in Iraq as a translator for the U.S. military. He was accounted for on Feb. 25, 2012.
Lt. Col. Robert M. Brown,U.S. Air Force, 6280^th Combat Support Group, was lost on Nov. 7, 1972, near Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam. He was accounted for on Feb. 25, 2012 .
Cpl. Robert I. Wax, U.S. Army, of Battery A, 555^th Field Artillery Battalion, was lost on Aug. 11, 1950, near Pongam-ni, South Korea. He was accounted for on Feb. 23, 2012 .
Cpl. James N. Larkin, U.S. Army, C Company, 1^st Battalion, 38^th Infantry Regiment, was captured on Feb. 11, 1951, and died in captivity in April 1951. He was accounted for on Feb. 21, 2012.
Cpl. Henry F. Johnson, U.S. Army, L Company, 3^rd Battalion, 9^th Infantry Regiment was captured on Nov. 25 1950, and died in captivity in 1951. He was accounted for on Feb. 15, 2012.
Lt. William E. Swanson,U.S. Navy, carrier USS Ranger, was lost April 11, 1965, when his A-1H aircraft crashed near Khammouan Province, Laos. He was accounted for on Feb. 14, 2012.
2^nd Lt. Emil T. Wasilewski, U.S. Army Air Forces, was lost when his B-17G was shot down on Sept. 13, 1944, during a bombing mission over Merseburg, Germany. He was accounted for on Feb. 11, 2012.
Pvt. Arthur W. Leiviska, U.S. Army, L Company, 3^rd Battalion, 17^th Infantry Regiment, 7^th Infantry Division, who was captured in 1951 and died in captivity on April 20, 1951. He was accounted for on Feb. 3, 2012.
Cpl. Dick E. Osborne, U.S. Army, L Company, 3^rd Battalion, 8^th Cavalry Regiment, 1^st Cavalry Division, was lost on Nov. 2, 1950, near Unsan, North Korea. He was accounted for on Jan. 27, 2012.
Pfc. Frank P. Jennings, U.S. Army, E Company, 2^nd Battalion, 7^th Infantry Regiment was lost near Jeon-Gog, South Korea on April 25, 1951. He was accounted for on Jan. 18, 2012.
Sgt. 1^st Class Edris A. Viers, U.S. Army, Battery A, 555^th Field Artillery Battalion, 5^th Regimental Combat Team, was lost near Pongam-ni, South Korea on Aug. 12, 1950. He was accounted for on Jan. 17, 2012.
Cpl. William R. Sluss, U.S. Army, Service Battery, 38^th Field Artillery Battalion, 2^nd Infantry Division, was captured by enemy forces in late Nov. 1950, near Kunu-ri, North Korea, and died at POW Camp 5 in April 1951. He was accounted for on Jan. 17, 2012.
Cpl. Chester J. Roper, U.S. Army, Battery A, 503^rd Field Artillery Battalion, 2^nd Infantry Division, was captured by enemy forces on Dec. 1, 1950, near Somindong, North Korea, and died in early 1951 in POW Camp 5 at Pyoktong. He was accounted for on Jan. 4, 2012.

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