OUR MISSING

The following information comes from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency...

Operation Iraqi Freedom

 Mr. Kirk Von Ackermann, DOD Contractor, was lost on October 9, 2003 while working at Forward Operating Base Pacesetter.

 Mr. Timothy E Bell, DOD Contractor, was lost on April 9, 2004 while working in Baghdad.

Mr. Adnan al-Hilawi, DOD Contractor, was lost March 3, 2007 while working in Baghdad.

 Operation Desert Storm

Lt. Cmdr. Barry T. Cooke, US Navy, was lost on February 2, 1991 when his A-6 aircraft went down in the Persian Gulf.

 Lt. Robert J. Dwyer, US Navy, was lost on February 5, 1991 when his FA-18 aircraft went down in the Persian Gulf.

Operation El Dorado Canyon

Captain Paul F. Lorence, US Air Force, was lost on April 15, 1986 when his F-111 aircraft was downed during a strike over Libya.

 

Vietnam

The U.S. government continues to account for Americans missing in Southeast Asia from the Vietnam War.  Since 1973, the remains of 1064 Americans killed in that war have been returned and identified.  Many have been buried with full military honors in accordance with the wishes of surviving family members.  Efforts continue to recover the 1,577 Americans who remain unaccounted-for from the conflict.  Of those, 38 are North Carolinians.


North Carolina's missing from the Vietnam War...

Military
Service
NameLoss
Rank
Date of IncidentHome of Record
USMCAvery, Robert DO21968/05/03Morganton, NC
USNBelknap, Harry JO11966/06/23Jonas Ridge, NC
USAFBorden, Murray LO21966/10/13Goldsboro, NC
USNBrice, Eric ParkerO31968/06/04Rocky Mount, NC
USNBrown, Edward D JrO21965/07/29Charlotte, NC
USNCanup, Franklin H JrE51967/01/14Concord, NC
USAFClarke, Fred LE61968/12/13Troutman, NC
USAFCook, Glenn RO21969/10/21Charlotte, NC
USACraven, Andrew JE31968/05/12Wilmington, NC
USAFCrews, John H IIIO21968/05/22Asheville, NC
USACristman, Frederick LW11971/03/19Salisbury, NC
USACurlee, Robert L JrE61965/06/10Monroe, NC
USAEchevarria, Raymond LE81966/10/03Fayetteville, NC
USAFGatwood, Robin F JrO21972/04/02Hickory, NC
USNGore, Paul EE61969/10/02Faison, NC
USAFGravitte, Connie MO31966/06/17Cavel, NC
USMCHargrove, Joseph NE31975/05/15Mt Olive, NC
USAHarris, Harold LE31966/10/22Durham, NC
USAHoward, Luther HE41967/06/30Hamlet, NC
USAFHowell, Carter AO21972/03/07Fayetteville, NC
USNHuie, Litchfield PO31967/02/27Warsaw, NC
USAJamerson, Larry CE41968/04/21Rosman, NC
USAJohnson, William DE31968/01/19Rocky Mount, NC
USALewis, Charlie GE71967/05/17Fayetteville, NC
USNLewis, Larry GO21971/02/27Asheville, NC
USALuttrell, James ME61971/05/10Fayetteville, NC
USAFMcDaniel, John LO41968/04/26Gibsonville, NC
USAMoore, Jerry LE31969/02/16Cleveland, NC
USAMorrow, Larry KE41972/05/29Lowell, NC
USAOmelia, Dennis WW11971/01/03Smithfield, NC
USAFPalmgren, Edwin DO51968/04/22Winston-Salem, NC
USAStaton, Robert M JrE41967/11/11Jamesville, NC
USAFSutton, William CE71970/01/28Goldsboro, NC
USAWatson, Jimmy LW21968/03/13Lucama, NC
USAWeaks, Melvin, LE31971/08/18Concord, NC
USAFWellons, Phillip RO41970/08/17Raleigh, NC
USMCWilson, Wayne VE31967/07/02Thomasville, NC
USNWood, Walter SO41966/05/02Ft Bragg, NC

Cold War

From the closing days of World War II until the fall of the Berlin Wall, our nation led the struggle to save the free and democratic countries of the world from communist aggression. In addition to the thousands of service members who fought communist forces during "hot" wars such as Korea and Vietnam, many risked -- and some lost -- their lives while collecting vital intelligence on military forces of the Soviet Bloc, the People's Republic of China, and North Korea during "peacetime." The sacrifice made by these Cold War Warriors enabled the United States and our allies to contain the threat of communist expansion until the collapse of the Soviet Union.

DPAA is currently investigating 14 missions from the Cold War era in which aircrew members were lost and remain unaccounted-for. Available evidence suggests that most of these incidents were over-water losses. A total of 128 American personnel went missing on these missions. DPAA and its predecessor organizations have identified 2 individuals and returned them to their families. 126 Americans remain unaccounted-for.

Korean War

Since 1973, the remains of more than 670 Americans killed in the Korean War have been identified and returned to their families for burial with full military honors. This is in addition to the roughly 2,000 Americans whose remains were identified in the years following the end of hostilities when the North Korean government returned over 3,000 sets of remains to U.S. custody.

Today, nearly 7,500 Americans are still unaccounted-for from the Korean War, hundreds of whom are believed to be in a "non-recoverable" category, meaning that after rigorous investigation DPAA has determined that the individual perished but does not believe it is possible to recover the remains. On rare occasions, new leads can bring a case back to active status.

The DPAA currently lists 7,483 personnel as missing from the Korean War.

Of those, 183 are North Carolinians.

North Carolina's missing from the Korean War...

Military
Service
NameLoss
Rank
StatusDate of
Incident
Home of Record*
(may be listed by county or town)
USAAmos, Charles GE4MIA1951/10/12Cherokee, NC
USAAvent, DavidE4MIA1951/10/11Nash, NC
USABaker, Baxter L JrO4POW1951/05/19Mecklenburg, NC
USABaker, Eddie CE3MIA1950/12/06Washington, NC
USMCBarrett, Frank RE4MIA1952/12/27Forest City, NC
USABell, William GE3MIA1951/02/12Forsyth, NC
USABlount, John CE3MIA1950/11/27Washington, NC
USABoyd, Joseph EE2MIA1951/01/25NC
USABoykin, Freeman EE3MIA1952/05/14Duplin, NC
USABranton, J. W.E7POW1950/12/01Iredell, NC
USABrendle, Furman TE5KIA1950/11/29Macon, NC
USABridges, Lolan OE5MIA1950/12/02Rutherford, NC
USABright, Carlton, RE4MIA1950/12/02Pasquotank, NC
USABrintle, Charles EE3KIA1952/01/12Surry, NC
USAFBritton, Peter JO2MIA1952/10/29Winston-Salem, NC
USABrooks, John HE4MIA1950/12/12Bertie, NC
USABrower, George TE7MIA1950/07/29Anson, NC
USNBrown, Gerald RO1KIA1952/06/02NC
USABrown, William L JrE5POW1951/02/13Burke, NC
USABryant, RobertE7POW1950/11/28Cumberland, NC
USABulluck, Mark BE3MIA1952/10/24Edgecombe, NC
USABunting, Worth LE5POW1950/07/11Alamance, NC
USABynum, Jackie BE3KIA1950/12/19Wilkes, NC
USACarr, Bejamin FE8POW1950/11/26Pamlico, NC
USACarrouth, Ralph NE4POW1950/07/29Cabarrus, NC
USACasper, Charles DE4POW1950/07/12Gates, NC
USNCauthen, BreniceE4KIA1950/10/12Monroe, NC
USAChapman, Charles WE3MIA1952/10/06Burke, NC
USAChapman, William ME8MIA1950/12/03Marion, NC
USAChappell, Everett FE4MIA1951/02/13Montgomery, NC
USAClark, ClintonE4MIA1950/11/29Edgecombe, NC
USAClendenin, Robert NE2KIA1950/12/15Iredell, NC
USAClinkscale, HaroldE3POW1951/02/12Mecklenburg, NC
USACook, McKinley CE5MIA1950/12/01Buncombe, NC
USACorbin, James WE4POW1951/02/12Wake, NC
USACouncil, William EE7POW1950/07/14Chatham, NC
USACrawford, Ellis JrE5MIA1950/09/04Gilford, NC
USACrouse, William F JrE5MIA1951/02/12Forsyth, NC
USMCCrutchfield, James HO4KIA1951/11/04Asheboro, NC
USACunningham, William SE4MIA1950/12/01Lenoir, NC
USADavis, Morton CE3MIA1950/12/01Nash, NC
USAFDawson, Perry AO3POW1951/09/02Raleigh, NC
USADay, Warren CE4MIA1950/12/12Carteret, NC
USADickerson, Dallas WE3POW1951/02/13Pitt, NC
USADockery, EarlE4MIA1950/12/03Guilford, NC
USADrennen, Hugh JE8POW1950/11/30Durham, NC
USADulin, DanielE4KIA1950/10/21Cabarrus, NC
USADuncan, Earl WE4MIA1950/12/02Gaston, NC
USAEdwards, Willie JE3MIA1952/06/15Pitt, NC
USAEngland, Horace SE7POW1950/11/28Catawba, NC
USAEubanks, Guy T JrE7MIA1950/09/05New Hanover, NC
USAEubanks, RandolphE3MIA1950/11/19Carteret, NC
USAEvans, Wallis JE4MIA1950/12/06Gaston, NC
USAFisher, Alva RE3KIA1952/07/10Cumberland, NC
USAForsyth, Carl L JrE4MIA1950/11/30Iredell, NC
USNFreeman, Bobby EE2MIA1950/09/26Biltmore, NC
USAGilliam, Volney HE5POW1951/02/13Rockingham, NC
USMCGooden, David TO3KIA1952/02/07Elizabethtown, NC
USAGreen, William S JrE7KIA1952/01/12McDowell, NC
USAGrist, James RO2KIA1950/11/30Beaufort, NC
USAFGuthrie, Edward S JrO2MIA1952/11/14Asheville, NC
USAHall. Arthur JE8POW1950/11/30Robeson, NC
USAHardy, David EE5POW1950/12/01Rockingham, NC
USAHarper, Alton EE8POW1950/11/27Edgecombe, NC
USAHarvey, Roscoe, LE5POW1950/12/01New Hanover, NC
USAHaynes, Robert FO3KIA1950/11/28Wake, NC
USAHedgepeth, DollieE4POW1950/12/01Wake, NC
USAHeritage, Willard FE7KIA1950/11/28Alamance, NC
USAHerring, John OE8MIA1950/12/01Sampson, NC
USAHill, Clarence HE4MIA1951/11/26Wake, NC
USAHolman, Albert C JrE4POW1950/07/20Iredell, NC
USAHunt, Carl VE4MIA1950/11/30Davidson, NC
USAHunt, Gwyn RE3POW1950/12/01Wilkes, NC
USAFHyatt, DonO3MIA1950/09/09Asheville, NC
USAFIngold, William RE4MIA1951/08/26Stem, NC
USAJernigan, Carl OE5POW1950/11/30Cumberland, NC
USAJohnson, John BE3POW1950/12/15Wilson, NC
USAJones, David RE3KIA1950/11/28Granville, NC
USAJoyce, David AE3POW1950/11/26Rockingham, NC
USAKearney, Harry LE3POW1950/12/01Wake, NC
USAKearns. Carl LE3KIA1950/09/02Randolph, NC
USAKenan, Claude JE3POW1950/11/27Johnston, NC
USAKing, Leroy FE5MIA1951/10/12Durham, NC
USAKittrell, James LE3POW1950/11/28Guilford, NC
USAFKnott, Gerald WO1KIA1953/07/20Oxford, NC
USALane, Clarence EE3KIA1950/11/30Columbus, NC
USALawson, Fred AE5MIA1950/11/02Rockingham, NC
USALee, JackE5MIA1951/09/06Guilford, NC
USALefler, Harry EE4MIA1950/11/26Randolph, NC
USALentz, Gerald LE4KIA1952/07/03Cabarrus, NC
USALittleton, I LindleyE5MIA1950/09/01Wayne, NC
USALutterloh, Samuel AO2MIA1952/09/02Cumberland, NC
USAMann, James EE3MIA1950/11/30Nash, NC
USAMarion, Christopher CE7POW1950/11/30Surry, NC
USAMarley, Fred JE3KIA1952/10/25Caldwell, NC
USAMarshall, Merlin EE3MIA1953/04/18Surry, NC
USAMartin, Floyd W JrE8KIA1950/11/24Yadkin, NC
USAMattocks, Herbert HE3KIA1952/08/14Jones, NC
USAMcCleain, LeroyE3MIA1952/08/29Durham, NC
USAMcCotter, James AE4MIA1952/07/17Pitt, NC
USAMcDonald, Roger GE3KIA1950/11/30New Hanover, NC
USAMcDuffie, Clem DE3KIA1950/11/30Richmond, NC
USAMcKinnon, VanderbergE4MIA1952/09/19Hoke, NC
USAMcLean, ArtisE2KIA1950/12/22Cumberland, NC
USAMcLellan, John WE7POW1950/11/28Robeson, NC
USAMcNeill, CurtisE3POW1950/11/11Cumberland, NC
USAMenser, Cloyd LE3KIA1950/09/21Iredell, NC
USAMiller, BobbyE3POW1951/04/25Haywood, NC
USAMiller, Darden DE4MIA1950/07/27Bertie, NC
USAMiller, Joseph EE4POW1951/02/12Cabarrus, NC
USAMills, Ezekiel CE5POW1950/11/30Pitt, NC
USAMoore, Benny AE3MIA1952/06/12Caswell, NC
USAMorgan, Melvin HE4POW1950/07/11Stanly, NC
USAMorton, Raeford LE4MIA1953/07/14Stanly, NC
USAMoser, Robert HE4MIA1950/07/20Union, NC
USNMounce, Rufus LE5KIA1952/12/26Summerfield, NC
USAMumford, Erwin RE4MIA1951/10/24Craven, NC
USMCMurphy, Joseph EE2MIA1950/12/02Wilmington, NC
USANorman, Clyde LE4MIA1953/07/09Washington, NC
USAFNye, Glenn CO6MIA1952/10/07Shelby, NC
USAFO'Briant, Eric FO2KIA1951/07/30Durham, NC
USAOtwell, Bryon M JrE5MIA1950/11/29Randolph, NC
USAOwens, Lawrence JE4MIA1950/07/27Rockingham, NC
USAPage, RooseveltE4MIA1950/11/29Robeson, NC
USAFParham, Charles E JrE4MIA1951/11/25Oxford, NC
USAParker, Gary NE4POW1950/11/29Cabarrus, NC
USAParker, Harry JE2KIA1950/12/08Wake, NC
USAFPate, William HE3NBD1952/11/15NC
USAPatterson, Clarence EE3MIA1953/07/06Caldwell, NC
USMCPeacock, Billy EE2MIA1952/10/07Winston-Salem, NC
USAPenland, TroyE4KIA1950/11/29Buncombe, NC
USAPhillips, Billy AE3MIA1950/09/06Johnston, NC
USAPoindexter, Rufus C JrE5MIA1950/11/19Moore, NC
USAFPope, James DE3MIA1953/01/29Cherryville, NC
USAPrice, Forrest LE8MIA1953/03/10Wayne, NC
USMCPrince, Ernest RE4KIA1953/07/19High Point, NC
USARackley, Earnest EE5MIA1950/11/30Columbus, NC
USNRandolph, Philip S JrO1KIA1951/06/05Chapel Hill, NC
USAReed, Robert DE4POW1950/11/30Buncombe, NC
USAReese, Kenneth FE4MIA1950/11/30Gaston, NC
USARegister, Alton RE4MIA1950/12/02New Hanover, NC
USARichardson, Amos EE4MIA1950/11/26Mecklenburg, NC
USARichardson, JackE5MIA1952/11/07Cabarrus, NC
USARickman, Vincent RE8POW1950/11/28Durham, NC
USARobinson, James WE4MIA1950/12/01Forsyth, NC
USARochelle, James CE4KIA1950/11/26Onslow, NC
USARose, Gilbert G JrE4POW1951/02/12Hertford, NC
USARose, HermanE3MIA1950/12/03Burke, NC
USARoyal, Leff VE7MIA1950/11/29Alleghany, NC
USARoyal, MarvinE5MIA1951/09/07Sampson, NC
USASchuler, EugeneE8MIA1950/11/25Guilford, NC
USASeagle, Altie FE4MIA1950/11/28Jackson, NC
USASell, Larry EE7POW1950/12/01Whitnel, NC
USAShepard, Harold RE2POW1950/07/27New Hanover, NC
USMCShipman, Frederick JE3KIA1953/07/19Clarkton, NC
USASilvers, J.S.E3MIA1953/07/06Yancey, NC
USASingleton, William EE3KIA1951/07/26Burke, NC
USASmith, John DE8POW1950/07/20Gaston, NC
USAStallings, Vernon DE2POW1950/07/12Cleveland, NC
USAFStanley, Otha PE5KIA1950/09/08Chapel Hill, NC
USAStover, RalphE3NBD1953/05/05Lincolntown, NC
USAStrickland, Woolard FE8MIA1950/11/26Martin, NC
USATeague, James WE5POW1950/11/28Rockingham, NC
USAThompson, Fletcher RE4MIA1950/08/15Edgecombe, NC
USATripp, RayE3KIA1951/12/29Pitt, NC
USATrivett, Clarence WE4MIA1950/11/02Avery, NC
USATrueheart, Paul H VE5KIA1951/08/28Iredell, NC
USATucker, Junior RE5MIA1950/09/22Gaston, NC
USATwiddy, Benjamin F IIIE4KIA1950/11/29Chowan, NC
USAUptegrove, John WE3MIA1951/04/23Duplin, NC
USAWagoner, James CE4POW1950/07/20Rowan, NC
USAWalker, LeoE3MIA1950/11/30Durham, NC
USAWatts, Roy H JrE3MIA1952/10/25Mecklenburg, NC
USAWeathers, LoganO2KIA1950/08/02Cleveland, NC
USAWestmoreland, Roy RE5MIA1950/11/27Forsyth, NC
USAWhetstine, Ralph JE3MIA1950/12/02Cleveland, NC
USAWhite, Billy RayE3POW1951/02/13Guilford, NC
USAWhite, Noel EE2NBD1950/09/27Old Fort, NC
USAWilliamson, James HE8KIA1950/11/28Franklin, NC
USAWilson, Hallie W JrE4POW1952/10/26Pender, NC
USAWilson, Linwood FE3MIA1950/11/02Person, NC
USAWright, C. W. JrE4MIA1951/06/02Craven, NC
USAYelton, Thomas WE2KIA1951/08/27Rutherford, NC

World War II

Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, more than 400,000 died during the war.  At the end of the war, there were approximately 79,000 Americans unaccounted-for.  They include those buried with honor as unknowns, those lost at sea, and those missing in action.  That number also includes the 1,100 sailors entombed in the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor.  Today, more than 72,000 Americans remain unaccounted-for from WW II.

Of those, 1,298 are North Carolinians.