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## 2009

# 2009  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.
                        - **Col. Elton L. Perrine** , U.S. Air Force, 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, was lost on May 22, 1967, aboard a F-4C Phantom aircraft during a nighttime strike mission in North Vietnam. His remains were identified on Dec. 7, 2009.
                        - **Staff Sgt. John R. Simonetti** , U.S. Army, G Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, was lost on June 16, 1944, near St. Germain-d'Elle, France.  His remains were identified on Nov. 10, 2009.
                        - **Maj. Russell C. Goodman** , U.S. Air Force, 4520th Air Demonstration Squadron, was lost on Feb. 20, 1967 when his F-4B crashed near Thanh Hoa Province, North Vietnam.  His remains were identified on Nov. 9, 2009.
                        - Machinist's Mate 1st Class Charles H. Swanson , U.S. Navy, aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma was lost on Dec. 7, 1941, when the Japanese capsized the vessel during their attack on Pearl Harbor. His remains were identified on Nov. 9, 2009.
                        - **Ensign Robert W. Langwell** , U.S. Navy, lost on Oct. 1, 1950, while aboard the minesweeper USS Magpie that sank after striking an enemy mine off the coast of Chuksan-ri, South Korea.  His remains were identified on Nov. 6, 2009.
                        - Staff Sgt. John J. Farrell, Jr. , U.S. Army, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, was lost on Nov. 8, 1944, near Kommerscheidt, Germany. His remains were identified on Sept. 8, 2009.
                        - **Sgt. Edward T. Jones** , U.S. Army, A Company, 112th Infantry Regiment, was lost on Nov. 6, 1944, near Kommerscheidt, Germany. His remains were identified on Sept. 8, 2009.
                        - **Cpl. Floyd E. Hooper** , U.S. Army, I Company, 3rd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, was lost on February 4, 1951, when his unit came under heavy enemy counterattack near Yangp'yong, South Korea.  His remains were identified on Sept. 8, 2009.
                        - **Staff Sgt. Glenn E. Webb** , U.S. Army Air Forces, 5th Air Force, was lost on Oct. 16, 1942, while flying near Kagi, New Guinea, on a C-47C Skytrain air drop mission. His remains were identified on Sept. 3, 2009.
                        - **Pfc. James C. Konyud** , U.S. Army, K Company, 121st Infantry Division, was lost on Jan. 1, 1945, near Aachen, Germany. His remains were identified on Aug. 24, 2009.
                        - Pfc. Myral N. Moore , U.S. Army, Company K, 23rd Infantry Regiment, was lost on Feb. 28, 1951, when his unit came under enemy attack near Wonju, South Korea.  His remains were identified on Aug. 14, 2009.
                        - **1st Lt. William J. Sarsfield, Jr.** ,  **2nd Lt. Charles E. Trimingham** ,  **Tech. Sgt. Robert L. Christopherson**  and  **Staff Sgt. Leonard A. Gionet** , U.S. Army Air Forces, 43rd Bomb Group, were lost on June 26, 1943, when their B-17E Flying Fortress aircraft was shot down by enemy fire after a bombing mission over Rabaul, New Britain Island.  Their remains were identified on Aug. 3, 2009.
                        - **2nd Lt. Robert R. Bishop** ,  2nd Lt. Arthur W. Luce ,  2nd Lt. Donald W. Hess ,  2nd Lt. Thomas Digman, Jr. ,  Staff Sgt. Joseph J. Karaso ,  Staff Sgt. Ralph L. McDonald ,  Sgt. James T. Blong , **Sgt. John P. Bonnassiolle** ,  **Sgt. Michael A. Chiodo**  and  Sgt. John J. Harringer, Jr. , all U.S. Army Air Forces, 392nd Bombardment Group, were lost on April 29, 1944, near Hannover, Germany. Their remains were identified on July 29, 2009.
                        - **Cpl. John W. Lutz** , U.S. Army, 1st Ranger Infantry Company Airborne, 2nd  Infantry Division, was lost on May 19, 1951, when captured by enemy forces and taken to a POW camp in Suan County, North Korea.  His remains were identified on July 28, 2009.
                        - Sgt. James Meagher , U.S. Army Air Forces, 328th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group, was lost on Feb. 8, 1944 when his P-47D Thunderbolt aircraft crashed in France. His remains were identified on July 28, 2009.
                        - **Master Sgt. John G. Linkowski** ,  **Sgt. Donald M. LaForest** ,  **Sgt. Charles P. Whitler** ,  **Cpl. Harry J. Reeve** ,  **Cpl. Stanley P. Arendt** , and  **Pfc. Charles H. Higdon** , U.S. Army, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, were lost  early November 1950, in North Korea while advancing on enemy forces. Their remains were identified on July 27, 2009.
                        - **Tech. Sgt. Walter A. McClellan** , Army Air Forces, 366th Bomber Squadron, 305th Bomber Group, was lost on April 17, 1945 over Biensdorf, while on a bombing run in his B-17 against German rail depots in Dresden, Germany. His remains were identified on June 18, 2009.
                        - **Cpl. Roy Stewart** , U.S. Army, Company A, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, was lost on Nov. 30, 1950, in North Korea.  His remains were identified on June 11, 2009.
                        - Pfc. Alexander Garon , U.S. Army, Company C, 422nd Infantry Regiment, was lost on Jan. 10, 1945, after being held as a POW near Muhlberg, Germany.  His remains were identified on June 4, 2009.
                        - **Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jesse D. Phelps** ,  **Chief Warrant Officer 3 Kenneth L. Stancil** ,  **Spc. 5 Donald C. Grella**  and  **Spc. 4 Thomas Rice, Jr.** , U.S. Army, Aviation Company, 7th Special Forces, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, were lost on December 28, 1965, while flying in a UH-1D over South Vietnam.  Their remains were identified on June 1, 2009.
                        - Cpl. Roger L. Denny  and  Cpl. Herbert King , U.S. Army, 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, were lost on November 25, 1950, near Kujang, North Korea.  Their remains were identified on May 27, 2009.
                        - **Cpl. Harold B. Moore** , U.S. Army, C Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, was lost on Nov. 2, 1950, near Unsan, North Korea.  His remains were identified on May 26, 2009.
                        - **Master Sgt. Roy E. Head** , U.S. Army, Headquarters Company, 49th Field Artillery Battalion, was lost spring 1951 at a POW camp in North Korea, where he died of malnutrition.  His remains were identified on May 11, 2009.
                        - **Specialist 4 Lawrence L. Aldrich** , U.S. Army, Company B, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade, was lost on May 6, 1968, near Binh Dinh Province, Republic of Vietnam.  His remains were identified on May 4, 2009.
                        - **Capt. Lewis J. Geerlings** ,  **1st Lt. Ray F. Fletcher** ,  **Staff Sgt. Edwin Elliott**  and  **Cpl. Richard H. Loring** , U.S. Army Air Forces, 57th Bombardment Wing, and Red Cross civilian  **Carolyn Chapin**  were lost on May 10, 1944, over Corsica, while on a routine courier mission in a B-25C. Their remains were identified on April 27, 2009.
                        - **Capt. Joseph M. Olbinski** ,  **1st Lt. Joseph J. Auld** ,  **1st Lt. Robert M. Anderson** , **Tech. Sgt. Clarence E. Frantz** ,  **Pfc. Richard M. Dawson** , **Pvt. Robert L. Crane** , and  **Pvt. Fred G. Fagan** , U.S. Army Air Forces, 4th Troop Carrier Squadron, 64th Troop Carrier Group, 10th Air Force, were lost on May 23, 1944, aboard a C-47A Skytrain near Myitkyina, Burma, while on an airdrop mission to resupply Allied forces.  Their remains were identified on April 13, 2009.
                        - **Col. William H. Mason** ,  **Lt. Col. Jerry L. Chambers** ,  **Maj. William T. McPhail** ,  **Maj. Thomas B. Mitchell** ,  **Chief Master Sgt. John Q. Adam** ,  **Chief Master Sgt. Calvin C. Glover** ,  **Chief Master Sgt. Thomas E. Knebel** ,  **Chief Master Sgt. Melvin D. Rash**  and  **Senior Master Sgt. Gary Pate** , U.S. Air Force, 374th Tactical Airlift Wing, were lost on May 22, 1968, on a nighttime flare mission, aboard a C-130A Hercules, over northern Salavan Province, Laos. Their remains were identified on March 13, 2009.
                        - **1st Lt. Richard T. Heuss** ,  **2nd Lt. Edward R. French** ,  **2nd Lt. Robert A. Miller** ,  **2nd Lt. Robert R. Streckenbach, Jr.** ,  **Tech. Sgt. Charles A. Bode** ,  **Tech. Sgt. Lucian I. Oliver, Jr.** ,  **Staff Sgt. Ivan O. Kirkpatrick** ,  **Staff Sgt. William K. Musgrave** ,  **Staff Sgt. James B. Moore** ,  **Staff Sgt. James T. Moran**  and  **Staff Sgt. Roy Surabian** , U.S. Army Air Forces, 43rd Bombardment Group, were lost on Nov. 20, 1943, when their B-24D Liberator aircraft didn’t return from a sea search mission near Wewak, Papua New Guinea.  Their remains were identified on March 2, 2009.
                        - **2nd Lt. Jack S. M. Arnett** ,  **2nd Lt. Frank J. Arhar** ,  **Flight Officer William B. Simpson** ,  **Tech. Sgt.  Charles T. Goulding** ,  **Tech. Sgt. Robert J. Stinson** ,  **Staff Sgt. Jimmie Doyle** ,  **Staff Sgt. Leland D. Price**  and  **Staff Sgt. Earl E. Yoh** , U.S. Army Air Forces, 307th Bombardment Group were lost on Sept. 1, 1944, while bombing enemy targets in the Republic of Palau. Their remains were identified on February 12, 2009.

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