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, eventually identified through DNA matching and returned to the United States for burial (click on the name for a bio):
SSG LOUIS SALVATORE DODDO; ARMY; WWII (identified in 2020)
SSG MARTIN FRANCIS TROY; ARMY AIR FORCE; WWII (identified in 2003)
CAPT JOSEPH ORVILLE BROWN; AIR FORCE; VIETNAM (identified in 1998)
MAJ LARRY ALAN THORNE; ARMY; VIETNAM (identified in 2003)
For state-level lists of those still Missing In Action (MIA) from Connecticut still Missing In Action from WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and the Cold War, click HERE.
THE LIST OF THOSE STILL MISSING IN ACTION FROM NORWALK
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
CMM WILLIS MARTIN GOODROW; NAVY; BURIED AT SEA
WORLD WAR II
CY ANTHONY FRANK AQUINO; NAVY; AT SEA – PACIFIC
PO1C ALFRED FRANCIS AVERY; NAVY; AT SEA – PACIFIC
LTJG ANDREW STEPHEN BEERWA; NAVY; AT SEA – PACIFIC
ENS FRANK HARPER BISSELL, JR.; NAVY; AT SEA – PACIFIC
SSGT CLAYTON EDWARD BROCH; ARMY AIR FORCE; AT SEA – NORTH SEA
1ST LT GORDON BUCK; ARMY AIR FORCE; AT SEA – MEDITERRANEAN
S2C CHARLES NORMAN BYINGTON; NAVY; AT SEA – PACIFIC
S2C WILLIAM FREDERICH CALDARA; NAVY; AT SEA – PACIFIC
S3C WILLIAM DALLAS CAMERON; JR.; NAVY; AT SEA – PACIFIC
2D LT FRANK BENJAMIN COOPER; ARMY AIR FORCE; GERMANY
PO2C WILLIAM CZINKY; NAVY; AT SEA – ATLANTIC
SSG ANTHONY FRANK DEBARDINIS; NAVY; AT SEA – PACIFIC
2D LT DONALD CLIVE DELANEY; ARMY AIR FORCE; AT SEA – PACIFIC
PO3C JOSEPH MICHAEL DRAGAN; NAVY; AT SEA – MEDITERRANEAN
TEC5 JAMES MICHAEL DUNNE; ARMY; PHILIPPINES – WHILE A POW
PO2C JACOB CASPER DURNER, JR.; NAVY; AT SEA – PACIFIC
CAPT JOHN AGNEW EARLE; ARMY AIR FORCE; AT SEA – PACIFIC
S2C HOBART FORD; NAVY; AT SEA – NORTH SEA
1ST LT PETER ROBERT FROELICHER; ARMY AIR FORCE; AT SEA – MEDITERRANEAN
PO ALLEN BURKEY GREGORY, JR.; NAVY; AT SEA – PACIFIC
PFC WILLIAM POWELL HOLMES; ARMY; GERMANY
CORP ALBERT J. LAWRENCE; ARMY AIR FORCE; PHILIPPINES – WHILE A POW
F3C THOMAS MOORE MORGAN; NAVY; AT SEA – PACIFIC
SGT JESSE NATHANIEL OLMSTEAD; ARMY AIR FORCE; AT SEA – PACIFIC
S2C ROBERT RICHARDSON PARKS; NAVY; AT SEA – PACIFIC
S1C ROCCO GEORGE PESACRETA; NAVY; AT SEA – MEDITERRANEAN
SSG EVERETT JOSEPH PLUMMER; ARMY AIR FORCE; CHINA
2D LT NORMAN PHILIP ROSENFIELD; ARMY AIR FORCE; ITALY
PO1C CHARLES CUCILE SAPERSTEIN; NAVY; AT SEA – PACIFIC
SSG ANTHONY JOSEPH SCHNEIDER; ARMY AIR FORCE; AT SEA – PACIFIC
2D LT WALTER DELNOR SLOAT; ARMY; AT SEA – MEDITERRANEAN
SSG ROBERT MURRAY SMITH; ARMY AIR FORCE; AT SEA – ENGLISH CHANNEL
1ST LT DONALD CAMPBELL STEVENS; ARMY AIR FORCE; AT SEA – ATLANTIC
LCDR ALFRED GUERNSEY SYMONDS, JR.; NAVY; AT SEA – PACIFIC
1ST LT JOSEPH EDWARD TIERNEY; ARMY AIR FORCE; AT SEA – PACIFIC
SSG ROBERT PAUL VALENTIK; ARMY AIR FORCE; AT SEA – NORTH SEA
S1C GEORGE PHILIP VAN ALSTYNE; COAST GUARD; AT SEA – ATLANTIC
QM3C WALTON BENNETT VAIL; COAST GUARD; AT SEA – ATLANTIC
S1C ROBERT VALENTINE WALTER; NAVY; AT SEA – PACIFIC
KOREAN WAR
ENS GEORGE ALAN MARTIN; NAVY; AT SEA – YELLOW SEA
1ST LT JOHN BERNARD MCGUINNESS; AIR FORCE; NORTH KOREA
VIETNAM WAR
1ST LT ALBERT MICHAEL PREVOST; MARINE CORPS; AT SEA – GULF OF TONKIN
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