NORWALKERS STILL MISSING IN ACTION (MIA)
A total of 43 Norwalkers are listed as MIA. Five of the 43 are potentially recoverable.
Norwalk has had four of our local heroes classified as Missing In Action, whose remains were eventually identified through DNA matching and returned to the United States for burial (click on the name for a bio):
Staff Sergeant Louis Salvatore Doddo, Army, WWII (identified in 2020)
Staff Sergeant Martin Francis Troy, Army Air Force, WWII (identified in 2003)
Captain Joseph Orville Brown, Air Force, Vietnam (identified in 1998)
Major Larry Alan Thorne, Army, Vietnam (identified in 2003)
THE LIST OF THE MISSING
NOTE: The five names in the list below that are in bold font, are potentially recoverable per the Defense Personnel Accounting Agency (DPAA).
WORLD WAR I
Chief Machinist’s Mate Willis Martin Goodrow; Navy; buried at sea
WORLD WAR II
Yeoman Anthony Frank Aquino; Navy; at sea – Pacific
Petty Officer First Class Alfred Francis Avery; Navy; at sea – Pacific
Lieutenant Junior Grade Andrew Stephen Beerwa; Navy; at sea – Pacific
Ensign Frank Harper Bissell, Jr.; Navy; at sea – Pacific
Staff Sergeant Clayton Edward Broch; Army Air Force; at sea – North Sea
First Lieutenant Gordon Buck; Army Air Force; at sea – Mediterranean
Seaman Second Class Charles Norman Byington; Navy; at sea – Pacific
Seaman Second Class William Frederich Caldara; Navy; at sea – Pacific
Seaman Third Class William Dallas Cameron Jr.; Navy; at sea – Pacific
Second Lieutenant Frank Benjamin Cooper; Army Air Force; Germany
Petty Officer Second Class William Czinky; Navy; at sea – Atlantic
Staff Sergeant Anthony Frank DeBarardinis; Navy; at sea – Pacific
Second Lieutenant Donald Clive Delaney; Army Air Force; at sea – Pacific
Petty Officer Third Class Joseph Michael Dragan; Navy; at sea – Mediterranean
Technician Fifth Class James Michael Dunne; Army; Philippines – while a POW
Petty Officer Second Class Jacob Casper Durner Jr.; Navy; at sea – Pacific
Captain John Agnew Earle; Army Air Force; at sea – Pacific
Seaman Second Class Hobart Ford; Navy; at sea – North Sea
First Lieutenant Peter Robert Froelicher; Army Air Force; at sea – Mediterranean
Petty Officer Allen Burkey Gregory Jr, ; Navy; at sea – Pacific
Private First Class William Powell Holmes; Army; Germany
Corporal Albert J. Lawrence; Army Air Force; Philippines – while a POW
Fireman Third Class Thomas Moore Morgan; Navy; at sea – Pacific
Sergeant Jesse Nathaniel Olmstead; Army Air Force; at sea – Pacific
Seaman Second Class Robert Richardson Parks; Navy; at sea – Pacific
Seaman First Class Rocco George Pesacreta; Navy; at sea – Mediterranean
Staff Sergeant Everett Joseph Plummer; Army Air Force; China
Second Lieutenant Norman Philip Rosenfield; Army Air Force; Italy
Petty Officer First Class Charles Cucile Saperstein; Navy; at sea – Pacific
Staff Sergeant Anthony Joseph Schneider; Army Air Force; at sea – Pacific
Second Lieutenant Walter Delnor Sloat; Army; at sea – Mediterranean
Staff Sergeant Robert Murray Smith; Army Air Force; at sea – English Channel
First Lieutenant Donald Campbell Stevens; Army Air Force; at sea – Atlantic
Lieutenant Commander Alfred Guernsey Symonds Jr.; Navy; at sea – Pacific
First Lieutenant Joseph Edward Tierney; Army Air Force; at sea – Pacific
Staff Sergeant Robert Paul Valentik; Army Air Force; at sea – North Sea
Seaman First Class George Philip Van Alstyne; Coast Guard; at sea – Atlantic
Quartermaster Third Class Walton Bennett Vail; Coast Guard; at sea – Atlantic
Seaman First Class Robert Valentine Walter; Navy; at sea – Pacific
KOREAN WAR
Ensign George Alan Martin; Navy; at sea – Yellow Sea
First Lieutenant John Bernard McGuinness; Air Force; North Korea
VIETNAM WAR
First Lieutenant Albert Michael Prevost; USMC; at sea – Gulf of Tonkin
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