Aggies listed as MIA from World War II

Find related lists at tx.ag/LostInService.

The following list of 173 Aggies listed as missing in action from World War II was created through research led by Jackson Baker ’25 for his 2024 Texas A&M University honors undergraduate thesis, conducted by Baker and a team of history research interns.

An interactive website presenting Baker's findings, with maps and more details about many of the Aggies named, is at tx.ag/TheDutyOurs. Plans are to continue adding material to the site. Baker’s thesis is online at tx.ag/Baker25Thesis.

Please send additions, corrections or supplemental information to MIAproject@tamu.edu and AggieNetwork@AggieNetwork.com. 

Aggies known to be MIA from World War II

Brig. Gen. Douglas Blakeshaw Netherwood, Class of 1908, Army Air Forces

Maj. Maynard Goldman Snell, Class of 1921, Army

Maj. John Vernon King, Class of 1921, Army

Lt. Col. Rufus Hayden Rogers, Class of 1926, Army

Master Sgt. William Giles Boyd, Class of 1927, Army

Capt. George Edwards Miller, Class of 1928, Army

Capt. John August Earl Bergstrom ’29, Army

Capt. Jack William Kelly ’29, Army Air Forces

Capt. George H. Peets ’30, Army

Lt. Cmdr. Joseph Hunt Bourland ’32, Navy

Capt. William Mark Curtis ’32, Army

Col. Harney Estes Jr. ’33, Army Air Forces

Capt. William Pleasant Ragsdale Jr. ’33, Army Air Forces

Maj. Earl Oxford Hall ’34, Army Air Forces

Lt. Ted Adair Hilger ’34, Navy

Storekeeper 2nd Class William Jeter Newton ’34, Navy

Capt. Charles Martin Dempwolf ’35, Army

Capt. Gus H. Froebel ’35, Army

Capt. Roy McMahan Vick Jr. ’35, Army

Capt. Floyd McRae Buchel ’36, Army

Capt. James Russell Holmes ’36, Army

1st Lt. John Brown McCluskey Jr. ’36, Army

Capt. Travis Edward Perrenot ’36, Army

Lt. j.g. Newton Bryan Birkes ’37, Navy

1st Lt. Maxey Cleburne Chenault ’37, Army Air Forces

1st Lt. Clifford Gribble Hardwicke Jr. ’37, Army

Capt. Chester Isaac “Ike” Tims ’37, Army Air Forces

1st Lt. Edgar Beaumont Burgess ’38, Army Air Forces

Capt. Wilbert Calvert ’38, Army

Lt. Weldon Davis Cauthan ’38, Navy

1st Lt. Frank Monroe Colburn ’38, Army Air Forces

Maj. John Charles Conly ’38, Army Air Forces

Yeoman 1st Class Noah Horn ’38, Navy

2nd Lt. William Marion Taylor Jr. ’38, Army Air Forces

2nd Lt. James Barclay Whitley ’38, Army

Capt. Johnson Butler Allen ’39, Army

Capt. Jack Cooper ’39, Army Air Forces

Lt. j.g. David E. DeLong ’39, Navy

1st Lt. Hugh A. Derrick ’39, Army

Capt. Robert E. Greenwell ’39, Army Air Forces

Capt. James Richard Griffin ’39, Army Air Forces

2nd Lt. Howard Preston Hardegree ’39, Army Air Forces

1st Lt. James M. Henry ’39, Army Air Forces

1st Lt. Leonard Gage Larsen ’39, Army Air Forces

Lt. j.g. David Bennet McCorquodale ’39, Navy

Capt. Ross Iyon Miller ’39, Army

Lt. Herbert Hoover Perritte ’39, Navy

Capt. Francis Morgan Potts ’39, Army Air Forces

Capt. Henry John Schutte Jr. ’39, Army

2nd Lt. Clarence Elmer “Bill” Simpson Jr. ’39, Army Air Forces

Maj. Charles Benton Adams ’40, Army Air Forces

1st Lt. Wilson B. “Judge” Buster Jr. ’40, Army Air Forces

Capt. Foster Lawson Cash ’40, Army Air Forces

Capt. Walter Pershing Crump ’40, Army Air Forces

2nd Lt. Orman Lester Fitzhugh ’40, Army Air Forces

1st Lt. Thomas Rex Francis ’40, Army Air Forces

Ensign Herbert Welton McMinn ’40, Army Air Forces

1st Lt. Melvin R. Millard ’40, Army

2nd Lt. John Willis Muse ’40, Army Air Forces

1st Lt. Hansford George Olney ’40, Army Air Forces

1st Lt. Samuel Jackson “Pappy” Parks ’40, Army Air Forces

2nd Lt. Phillip Edgar Pearson Jr. ’40, Army Air Forces

2nd Lt. Fred Sullivan “Jitter” Rodway ’40, Army Air Forces

1st Lt. John Jacob “Sandy” Sanders ’40, Army Air Forces

1st Lt. Thomas Hubert Akarman ’40, Army Air Forces

1st Lt. John Darrell Stukenburg ’40, Army

Capt. Henry William Waters ’40, Army Air Forces

1st Lt. Jack Bruner Bailey ’41, Army Air Forces

1st Lt. Clyde Webb Beatty Jr. ’41, Army Air Forces

Capt. Daniel Royston Chamberlain ’41, Army Air Forces

Capt. Herbert Winfield Cumming ’41, Army Air Forces

2nd Lt. James Thomas Drake ’41, Army Air Forces

Maj. Walter L. Evans ’41, Army

1st Lt. Charles Earl “Jack” Gaskell ’41, Army Air Forces

Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Robert Bruce Gregory ’41, Navy

1st Lt. Burt Olney Griffin ’41, Army

2nd Lt. Travis Vestal Hodges ’41, Army Air Forces

2nd Lt. Edward D. Hughey Jr. ’41, Army Air Forces

2nd Lt. Andrew Marmaduke James Jr. ’41, Army

2nd Lt. Windell Deering Neely ’41, Army Air Forces

Lt. Sidney Caldwell “Sid” Kimball ’41, Navy

1st Lt. Clarence Leroy “Chic” Korth ’41, Army Air Forces

1st Lt. Jim Lewis Kuykendall ’41, Army Air Forces

Lt. j.g. George Lawrence Leger ’41, Navy

1st Lt. Willard Keith Short ’41, Army Air Forces

Capt. Frank Pierce Smart ’41, Army Air Forces

Ensign Major J. White ’41, Navy

Sgt. Clarence Emil Philip Wisrodt Jr. ’41, Royal Canadian Air Force

1st Lt. William Henry Baker Jr. ’42, Army Air Forces

Flight Officer Aaron Louis Brinkoeter ’42, Army Air Forces

1st Lt. Willie Lee Bryce ’42, Army Air Forces

Flight Officer William Brame Cartwright ’42, Army Air Forces

1st Lt. Paul Howard Damrel ’42, Army Air Forces

1st Lt. Robert Smith English ’42, Army Air Forces

1st Lt. Worthington Alfred Franks ’42, Army Air Forces

Lt. j.g. Charles Walter Gerhardt ’42, Navy

1st Lt. Bobby Mack Godwin ’42, Army Air Forces

Sgt. Rector Woodrow “Rex” Hamilton ’42, Army Air Forces

1st Lt. James E. Inglehart ’42, Army Air Forces

1st Lt. Foster Lee Lemly Jr. ’42, Marine Corps

1st Lt. Otis Forest Lowry ’42, Army Air Forces

2nd Lt. George Leslie Mauldin Jr. ’42, Army Air Forces

Ensign James Walter “Mac” McCaslin ’42, Navy

Lt. Robert Brownwell Parker ’42, Navy

2nd Lt. Addison Craig Rumbaugh Jr. ’42, Army Air Forces

1st Lt. Raymond Carl Schuette ’42, Army Air Forces

Capt. Herman Henry Spoede Jr. ’42, Marine Corps

Lt. Col. Anthony T. Tirk Jr. ’42, Army Air Forces

Lt. j.g. Lisle Reed Van Burgh Jr. ’42, Navy

2nd Lt. Frank Gordon Weisiger ’42, Army Air Forces

Staff Sgt. Goode Shockley Wier Jr. ’42, Army

Staff Sgt. Newell Moore Ballard ’43, Army Air Forces

1st Lt. Clarence Vance Berdine ’43, Army Air Forces

Capt. Wiley Harold Craft ’43, Marine Corps

2nd Lt. Joseph Brooks Dalton ’43, Army Air Forces

Pfc. William Gerard “Jerry” Fraser Jr. ’43, Army Air Forces

Capt. Samuel Thomas Gillespie ’43, Marine Corps

Staff Sgt. James Hull Japhet ’43, Army

2nd Lt. Clyde Vickrey Mangum Jr. ’43, Army Air Forces

Lt. Albert Lee Matteson ’43, Navy

Cpl. George Perry McMillan Jr. ’43, Army

Signalman 1st Class Chelsey Edward “Zug” Phelps Jr. ’43, Navy

1st Lt. George Eugene Roberts ’43, Army

1st Lt. Harry Oscar Schellhase ’43, Army Air Forces

2nd Lt. James Henry “Jimmie” Scholl ’43, Army Air Forces

2nd Lt. Raymond Leon Tucker ’43, Army Air Forces

Seaman 2nd Class Warren Henry Welch Jr. ’43, Navy

2nd Lt. Earnest Robinson Alexander ’44, Army Air Forces

Aviation Radioman 1st Class Jack Coogan Cameron ’44, Navy

Lt. Granville William Cowan ’44, Navy

131 1st Lt. Paul Clifford Crouch ’44, Army Air Forces

1st Lt. Weldon Warren Dyess ’44, Army Air Forces

2nd Lt. Edward Allen Gripp Jr. ’44, Army Air Forces

1st Lt. Melvin Gottfried Hass ’44, Army Air Forces

2nd Lt. Richard L. Haxthausen ’44, Marine Corps

Tech. Sgt. Lindsey C. Hoskins ’44, Army Air Forces

2nd Lt. Beverly Earl Miller ’44, Army Air Forces

2nd Lt. Jack Dillon Mills ’44, Army Air Forces

2nd Lt. Isaac Samarel ’44, Army Air Forces

Flight Officer John Marvin Young ’44, Army Air Forces

2nd Lt. Burton Leon Wade ’44, Army Air Forces

Seaman 2nd Class William Pendleton Ballard Jr. ’45, Navy

Seaman 1st Class Carl Andrew “Andy” Brannen Jr. ’45, Navy

1st Lt. Edwin Ernest Brashear ’45, Army Air Forces

Lt. j.g. Warren Kay Garrett ’45, Navy

1st Lt. Benjamin Barton “Ben” Isbell Jr. ’45, Army

2nd Lt. James Peebles Miller ’45, Army Air Forces

2nd Lt. James Bertrand Noland ’45, Army Air Forces

2nd Lt. Harold Stacy Pettit ’45, Army Air Forces

1st Lt. William Walter Redus ’45, Army Air Forces

1st Lt. Hal Wayne Townsend ’45, Army Air Forces

Ensign Arthur Milton Tubb Jr. ’44, Navy

2nd Lt. Burl Tankersley Wiley ’45, Army Air Forces

Ensign Thomas “Tommy” Hosford Winn Jr. ’45, Navy

2nd Lt. Mercer Greene Abernathy ’46, Army Air Forces

Radioman 3rd Class Calvin Floyd Ballard Jr. ’46, Navy

2nd Lt. Dwight Kendall Booth ’46, Army Air Forces

2nd Lt. Fred Gordon Buckner ’46, Army Air Forces

2nd Lt. Albert Basil Capt ’46, Army Air Forces

2nd Lt. Roger Eugene Edwards ’46, Army Air Forces

Sgt. Ben Luker Dean ’46, Army Air Forces

2nd Lt. Warner Harrison Marsh Jr. ’46, Army Air Forces

Sgt. Thomas Ray “Tommy” Perkins Jr. ’46, Army Air Forces

Sgt. Alfred Edgar Prinz ’46, Army Air Forces

Cpl. Hubert deTavanne Roussel Jr. ’46, Army Air Forces

Sgt. Claude Connie Hagemier ’46, Army Air Forces

2nd Lt. William James Summy ’46, Army Air Forces

Pvt. John Vernon Cox Jr. ’47, Army

Pfc. Herbert Otto Koehler Jr. ’47, Army

Pfc. Sam William Noto Jr. ’47, Army

2nd Lt. Cyril Franklin Russell Jr. ’47, Army Air Forces

Seaman 2nd Class Douglas Ellsworth Stillwagon ’47, Navy

Seaman 2nd Class Arthur Garfield Stricklin ’47, Navy