355th HONOR ROLL
MIA's / KIA's
"Lest We Forget"
| Name | Status | Lost | Aircraft / Tail Number |
| Capt Wendell W. Beaty | KIFA | 3/26/45 | P-51 / 44-15617 |
| Name | Status | Lost | Aircraft / Tail Number |
| 1st Lt Clarence R. Barger | KIA | 5/28/44 | P-51B / 43-6631 |
| 2nd Lt Walter M. Christensen Jr. | KIA | 5/28/44 | P-51B / 43-6983 |
| 1st Lt James J. Costigan | KIA | 2/21/45 | P-51K / 44-11359 |
| 1st Lt Harold F. Culp | KIA | 4/5/44 | P-51B / 43-7076 |
| F/O Henry W. Davis | KIA | 6/4/44 | P-51B / 43-6520 |
| 1st Lt Alfred J. Del Negro | KIA | 11/29/43 | P-47D / 42-7996 |
| 2nd Lt Victor E. Denti | KIA | 7/5/44 | P-51B / 42-106870 |
| 2nd Lt Clarence E. Donaldson | KIA | 5/20/44 | P-51B / 43-6574 |
| 2nd Lt James J. Donovan | KIFA | 9/25/43 | P-47 / 42-8643 |
| 2nd Lt John C. Ellison | KIA | 9/12/44 | P-51B / 43-7182 |
| 1st Lt John M. Folger | KIA | 8/6/44 | P-51B / 43-7137 |
| 2nd Lt Herbert E. Fritts | KIA | 5/24/44 | P-51B / 42-106874 |
| 1st Lt Robert A. Goth | KIA | 4/4/45 | P-51D / 44-14704 |
| Cpl Everett P. Harvey | DOI | 6/10/44 | Struck by P-51 |
| 2nd Lt Heber M. Huish | KIA | 7/7/44 | P-51B / 43-6915 |
| 1st Lt Donald J. Jacobson | KIA | 5/20/44 | P-51B / 43-6857 |
| 2nd Lt Charles R. McCurry | KIA | 9/11/44 | P-51B / 43-6943 |
| 2nd Lt Robert G. McDonell | KIA | 4/5/45 | P-51K / 44-11759 |
| Capt Norman E. McDonald | KIA | 10/22/44 | P-51D / 44-14760 |
| 1st Lt Newell F. Mills Jr. | KIA | 4/7/45 | P-51D / 44-72306 |
| Capt Thomas F. Neal Jr. | KIA | 4/29/44 | P-51B / 43-6577 |
| 2nd Lt Gilbert L. Patterson | KIA | 8/3/44 | P-51B / 43-6885 |
| 2nd Lt Gilbert M. Plowman | KIA | 4/7/45 | P-51D / 44-15346 |
| Capt Kevin / Kenneth G. Rafferty | KIA | 9/11/44 | P-51B / 42-106950 |
| 2nd Lt Peter M. Sawchuck | KIA | 7/24/44 | P-51C / 42-103334 |
| Cpl Harold Spevak | DOI | 6/10/44 | Struck by P-51 |
| 1st Lt Oran H. Stalcup | KIA | 2/10/45 | P-51D / 44-13571 |
| 1st Lt Charles H. Sweat | KIA | 3/8/44 | P-47D / 42-8448 |
| 1st Lt Thomas F. Truel Jr. | KIA | 4/4/45 | P-51D / 44-14228 |
| 1st Lt Roland L. Vincent | KIFA | 12/4/43 | P-47D / 42-8433 |
| 1st Lt Marion L. Woolard | DOW | 11/16/44 | P-51B / 42-106896 |
| Name | Status | Lost | Aircraft / Tail Number |
| 1st Lt Bernard R. J. Barab | KIA | 11/26/44 | P-51D / 44-13574 |
| Sgt Elbert B. Bookout | Died | 8/17/43 | N/A |
| 1st Lt Edwin O. Carlson | KIA | 10/7/43 | P-47D / 42-7984 |
| 1st Lt Raymond F. Demers | KIA | 4/24/44 | P-51B / 42-106723 |
| Capt William S. Easterly | KIA | 4/11/44 | P-51B / 43-6627 |
| 1st Lt Thomas J. Foster | KIA | 6/7/44 | P-51B / 42-106742 |
| 1st Lt Leonard B. Fuller | KIA | 7/7/44 | P-51D / 44-13526 |
| 2nd Lt Franklin R. Gowing | KIA | 8/2/44 | P-51B / 42-106733 |
| 2nd Lt John Guerrant Jr. | KIA | 6/7/44 | P-51B / 42-106810 |
| 1st Lt Sellers S. Hardee | KIFA | 2/26/45 | P-51D / 44-14402 |
| 1st Lt Byron L. Hill | KIA | 4/5/44 | P-51B / 43-6980 |
| 1st Lt Howard K. Hillman | KIA | 4/24/44 | P-51B / 43-7103 |
| 2nd Lt Nils E. Hollman Jr. | KIA | 6/7/44 | P-51B / 43-6919 |
| 1st Lt Rudolph B. Kaminski | KIA | 5/1/44 | P-51B / 43-6648 |
| 2nd Lt Charles W. Kelley | KIA | 11/26/44 | P-51B / 42-106910 |
| Capt Joesph E. Lake | KIA | 4/16/45 | P-51 / 44-11342? |
| Capt Howard L. Lambert Jr. | KIA | 3/29/44 | P-51B / 43-6508 |
| 1st Lt Charles M. Lee | KIA | 8/8/44 | P-51B / 43-6835 |
| 1st Lt Lawrence E. McCraw | KIA | 11/15/43 | P-47D / 42-8408 |
| 1st Lt Donald B. McNally | KIA | 11/15/43 | P-47D / 42-8413 |
| 1st Lt William H. Momberger | KIFA | 3/9/44 | P-51B / 43-6654 |
| 1st Lt Harold L. Monahan | KIA | 12/25/44 | P-51D / 44-15334 |
| 1st Lt Robert L. Norman | KIA | 4/24/44 | P-51B / 42-106433 |
| Capt Norman E. Olson | KIA | 4/8/44 | P-51B / 43-6589 |
| 1st Lt Hudson F. Packard | KIA | 5/19/44 | P-51B / 42-106762 |
| 1st Lt George W. Phillips | KIA | 6/6/44 | P-51B / 43-6640 |
| 2nd Lt Frank L. Pipher | KIA | 1/24/44 | P-47D / 42-75184 |
| 1st Lt John D. Riggs Jr. | KIA | 8/16/44 | P-51B / 43-7101 |
| 2nd Lt Daniel S. Rothenberg | KIA | 3/8/44 | P-51B / 43-6989 |
| SSgt John S. Walters | DOW | 1/8/45 | Bomb Explosion |
| 1st Lt Robert G. White | KIA | 11/20/44 | P-51 / 44-13787 |
| Maj John H. Wilson | KIA | 2/14/45 | P-51D / 44-14260 |
| Name | Status | Lost | Aircraft / Tail Number |
| Capt Jack M. "John" Beckman | KIA | 3/1/45 | P-51D / 44-14230 |
| 1st Lt Clark Collins | MIA | 11/5/43 | P-47D / 42-8406 |
| 1st Lt Ralph L. Coleman | KIA | 6/19/44 | P-51B / 42-106858 |
| 2nd Lt Richard C. Daves | KIA | 8/26/44 | P-51B / 43-7036 |
| 1st Lt Ralph L. Dean | DOW | 10/4/43 | P-47D / 42-74667 |
| 1st Lt James B. Dickson | KIA | 4/8/44 | P-51B / 43-7147 |
| Capt Carl E. Ekstrom | KIA | 12/30/43 | P-47D / 42-8526 |
| 1st Lt Michael E. Graczyk | KIA | 8/15/44 | P-51B / 43-6834 |
| 2nd Lt John J. Gilmore Jr. | KIA | 8/28/44 | P-51B / 43-6385 |
| 1st Lt Edward F. Haraburda | KIA | 11/20/44 | P-51D / 44-13564 |
| Capt James C. Hull | KIA | 12/1/43 | P-47D / 42-8006 |
| 1st Lt Thomas A. Ksanznak | KIFA | 1/13/45 | P-51D / 44-13359 |
| 2nd Lt John "Jock" Lanphier | KIA | 11/13/43 | P-47D / 42-8626 |
| 1st Lt James P. Lowder Jr. | KIA | 7/8/44 | P-51B / 43-6945 |
| 1st Lt Eugene W. Maben Jr. | KIA | 10/18/43 | P-47D / 42-22532 |
| F/O Jack S. MacConkey | KIA | 4/19/44 | P-51B / 43-7156 |
| 1st Lt Donald M. Martyn | KIA | 5/4/44 | P-51B / 43-6873 |
| 2nd Lt Frank Michela | KIA | 8/11/44 | P-51B / 43-6649 |
| Capt Walter L. Morgan | KIA | 9/11/44 | P-51B / 43-7023 |
| 1st Lt Edward Ondris | KIA | 4/5/44 | P-51B / 43-6937 |
| 1st Lt Benjamin F. Orr Jr. | KIA | 8/2/44 | P-51B / 43-6820 |
| 1st Lt Robert O. Peters | KIA | 9/18/44 | P-51D / 44-13675 |
| 1st Lt Chauncey H. Rankin | KIA | 1/29/44 | P-47D / 42-8504 |
| 2nd Lt Willis W. Reeves | KIA | 6/19/44 | P-51B / 43-6523 |
| 1st Lt Thomas J. Taylor | DOI | 2/9/45 | P-51D / 44-14428 |
| 1st Lt Joesph J. Vigna | KIA | 9/18/44 | P-51C / 42-103317 |
| F/O Charles A. Wambier | KIA | 12/30/43 | P-47D / 42-75425 |
| F/O Chester W. Watson | KIA | 11/7/43 | P-47D / 42-8629 |
| 2nd Lt Wilson B. Weber | KIA | 8/28/44 | P-51D / 44-13565 |
| F/O Edward R. Williams | KIA | 6/8/44 | P-51B / 43-7419 |
| 1st Lt Jack J. Woertz | KIFA | 12/11/43 | P-47D / 42-22468 |
| Name | Status | Lost | Aircraft / Tail Number |
| 1st Lt Vincent G. Dressendorfer | KIA | 8/1/44 | P-51D / 44-13553 |
| Name | Status | Lost | Aircraft / Tail Number |
| 1st Lt Robert E. Bertelson | KIFA | 9/11/44 | AT-6 / 43-13984 |
| 1st Lt William E. Hornickel | KIA | 1/17/45 | P-51D / 44-14581 |
| Capt Leonard H. Monefeldt | KIA | 3/24/45 | P-51 / 44-14441 |
| Capt James B. Stauder | KIA | 11/26/44 | P-51D / 44-14439 |
| Name | Status | Lost | Aircraft / Tail Number |
| Cpl Peter P. Ferretti | Died | 1/30/45 |
| Name | Status | Lost | Aircraft / Tail Number |
| Major Frank Bennett | KIA | 4/4/65 | F-105D / 59-1754 |
| Colonel Charles R. Brownlee | KIA | 12/24/68 | F-105D / 62-4234 |
| Colonel Peter J. Frederick | MIA | 3/15/67 | F-105D / 59-1825 |
| Major Dale A. Johnson | 10/27/66 | F-105D / 62-4396 | |
| Colonel William H. Nelson | KIA | 7/20/66 | F-105D / 61-0116 |
| Name | Status | Lost | Aircraft / Tail Number |
| 1stLt. Lee A. Adams | KIA | 4/19/66 | F-105D / 62-4330 |
| LtCol William G. Bennett | KIA | 9/2/67 | F-105D / 62-4338 |
| Captain John W. Bischoff * | 8/3/67 | F-105D / 62-4240 | |
| Major Gordon B. Blackwood | MIA | 5/27/67 | F-105D / 59-1723 |
| 1st Lt Donald W. Bruch Jr. | KIA | 4/29/66 | F-105D / 62-4304 |
| Major Earl G. Cobeil | KIA | 11/5/67 | F-105F / 62-4430 |
| Major Vincent Colasuonno | KIA | 2/12/69 | F-105D / 60-0417 |
| Colonel John F. Dudash | KIA | 4/26/67 | F-105F / 63-8277 |
| Captain Francis J. Feneley | KIA | 5/11/66 | F-105D / 62-4293 |
| Major Clifford W. Fieszel | MIA | 9/30/68 | F-105F / 63-8317 |
| Captain Douglas F. Mahan | MIA | 4/20/70 | F-105D / 60-0451 |
| Captain Rodney W. McLean * | 10/23/67 | F-105D / 62-4335 | |
| Major Donald M. Russell | KIA | 12/5/67 | F-105D / 59-1758 |
| Colonel Howard H. Smith | MIA | 9/30/68 | F-105F / 63-8317 |
| Colonel Paul G. Underwood | MIA | 3/16/66 | F-105D / 60-0411 |
| Name | Status | Lost | Aircraft / Tail Number |
| Capt Eric B. Das | KIA | F-15E / | |
| Maj William R. "Salty" Watkins III | KIA | F-15E / |
| Name | Status | Lost | Aircraft / Tail Number |
| LtCol Richard K. Allee | MIA | 12/21/68 | F-105D / 61-0089 |
| LtCol David J. Allinson | KIA | 4/23/66 | F-105D / 61-0156 |
| Colonel Donald H. Asire | KIA | 12/8/66 | F-105D / 59-1725 |
| LtCol Larry W. Biediger | KIA | 1/29/67 | F-105F / 62-4420 |
| Colonel Joseph W. Brand | MIA | 8/17/66 | F-105F / 63-8308 |
| LtCol Charles Cappelli | KIA | 11/17/67 | F-105D / 62-4258 |
| LtCol Eugene O. Conley | KIA | 1/21/67 | F-105D / 62-4239 |
| Captain J. F. Costello | KIA | 5/25/73 | A-7D / 70-0945 |
| 1stLt. Steve W. Diamond | KIA | 7/19/66 | F-105D /59-1755 |
| LtCol Lawrence G. Evert | MIA | 11/8/67 | F-105D / 61-0094 |
| 1st Lt Robert G. Hunter | KIA | 5/25/66 | F-105D / 59-1746 |
| Colonel Harold Kahler | MIA | 6/14/69 | F-105D / 60-5381 |
| Major Ronald R. King | KIA | 10/3/67 | F-105D / 59-1824 |
| Major J. A. Magnusson Jr. | KIA | 4/4/65 | F-105D / 59-1764 |
| Captain Richard J. Mallon | KIA | 1/28/70 | F-105F / 63-8329 |
| Colonel Arthur S. Mearns | MIA | 11/11/66 | F-105D / 62-4313 |
| Captain Merwin L. Morrill | KIA | 8/21/67 | F-105D / 59-1720 |
| Major Benjamin B. Newsom | KIA | 7/23/66 | F-105F / 63-8338 |
| LtCol Robert J. Panek Sr. | MIA | 1/28/70 | F-105F / 63-8329 |
| Colonel Gene T. Pemberton | KIA | 7/23/66 | F-105F / 63-8338 |
| Captain Lynn K. Powell | KIA | 8/21/67 | F-105D / 60-0437 |
| LtCol Claude A. Silva | KIA | 1/29/67 | F-105F / 62-4420 |
| Colonel Donald M. Singer | MIA | 8/17/66 | F-105F / 63-8308 |
| Captain Robert L. Weskamp | KIA | 4/25/67 | F-105D / 62-4294 |
| Colonel Don C. Wood | MIA | 1/16/66 | F-105D / 59-1719 |
| Name | Status | Lost | Aircraft / Tail Number |
| Colonel Glendon L. Ammon | MIA | 9/21/66 | F-105D / 62-4371 |
| Captain William Barthelmas | KIA | 7/27/65 | F-105D / 61-0177 |
| LtCol Christos C. Bogiages Jr. | MIA | 3/2/69 | F-105D / 61-0109 |
| Major Ralph L. Carlock | KIA | 3/4/67 | F-105D / 62-4274 |
| Major Carl R. Dice | KIA | 12/8/69 | F-105F / 63-8352 |
| Colonel Ward K. Dodge | KIA | 7/5/67 | F-105D / 61-0042 |
| Colonel Curtis A. Eaton | MIA | 8/14/66 | F-105D / 59-1763 |
| Captain Samuel Fantle III | KIA | 1/5/68 | F-105F / 63-8356 |
| Major Jack G. Farr | KIA | 7/27/65 | F-105D / 62-4298 |
| LtCol William V. Frederick | MIA | 7/5/67 | F-105D / 60-0454 |
| Colonel Earl W. Grenzebach | MIA | 5/12/67 | F-105D / 59-1728 |
| Captain Larry J. Hanley | MIA | 11/4/69 | F-105D / 59-1734 |
| Colonel James C. Hartney | KIA | 1/5/68 | F-105F / 63-8356 |
| Major Joseph J. Karins | KIA | 3/11/67 | F-105D / 62-4261 |
| Colonel Samuel C. Maxwell | MIA | 9/12/68 | F-105D / 59-1762 |
| Colonel George C. McCleary | KIA | 11/5/65 | F-105D / 62-4342 |
| Colonel John F. O'Grady | MIA | 4/10/67 | F-105D / 62-4357 |
| Captain Robert A. Rex | KIA | 12/8/68 | F-105D / 61-0150 |
| Major Steven R. Sanders | KIA | 8/25/69 | F-105D / 59-1818 |
| Major James B. White | KIA | 11/24/69 | F-105D / 61-0060 |
| Name | Status | Lost | Aircraft / Tail Number |
| Captain John Bernard Causey | KIA | 2/25/66 | EB-66C / 54-0457 |
| Captain Herb Dody | KIA | 2/4/67 | EB-66C / 55-0387 |
| Captain Rey L. Duffin * | KIA | 11/17/67 | EB-66C / 54-0473 |
| Major Karl D. Hezel * | KIA | 11/17/67 | EB-66C / 54-0473 |
| 1stLt. Theodore W. Johnson * | KIA | 11/17/67 | EB-66C / 54-0473 |
| 1stLt. Paul S. Krzynowek * | KIA | 12/6/67 | EB-66 / 54-0462 |
| Major William McDonald * | KIA | 11/17/67 | EB-66C / 54-0473 |
| Captain Larry A. Moore * | KIA | 12/6/67 | EB-66 / 54-0462 |
| Major Max Nichols * | KIA | 11/17/67 | EB-66C / 54-0473 |
| Major Craig R. Nobert | KIA | 7/20/66 | EB-66C / 54-0484 |
| Captain Russell A. Poor | MIA | 2/4/67 | EB-66C / 55-0387 |
| Major Woodrow H. Wilburn | KIA | 2/4/67 | EB-66C / 55-0387 |
| LtCol. Jack M. Youngs * | KIA | 12/6/67 | EB-66 / 54-0462 |
| Name | Status | Lost | Aircraft / Tail Number |
| LtCol Edwin P. Anderson * | KIA | 4/8/69 | EB-66E / 53-0498 |
| 1stLt Joesph M. Orlowski * | KIA | 4/8/69 | EB-66E /53-0498 |
| LtCol James E. Ricketts Jr. * | KIA | 4/8/69 | EB-66E / 53-0498 |
| Name | Status | Lost | Aircraft / Tail Number |
| LCdr. David L. "Spade" Cooley USN | MIA | 4/22/68 | F-111A / 66-024 |
| LtCol. Edwin D. "Ed" Palmgren | MIA | 4/22/68 | F-111A / 66-024 |
| Major Henry E. "Hank" MacCann | MIA | 3/28/68 | F-111A / 66-022 |
| Captain Dennis L. Graham | MIA | 3/28/68 | F-111A / 66-022 |
| Name | Sqdn | Status | Lost | Aircraft / Tail Number |
| Captain Dwight P. Bowles | 562nd TFS | KIA | 11/3/65 | F-105D / 61-0163 |
| Captain David L. Hrdlicka | 563rd TFS | MIA | 5/18/65 | F-105D / 59-1753 |
| LtCol. Melvin J. Killian | 334th TFS | KIA | 9/30/65 | F-105D / 61-0117 |
| Captain Walter Kosko | 563rd TFS | MIA | 7/25/65 | F-105D / 62-4257 |
| LtCol. Dean A Pogreba | 36th TFS | MIA | 10/5/65 | F-105D / 62-4295 |
| Captain Thomas E. Reitman | 334th TFS | MIA | 12/1/65 | F-105D / 61-0182 |
| Captain Robert H. Schuler Jr. | 36th TFS | MIA | 10/15/65 | F-105D / 62-4305 |
| Captain Robert C. Wistrand * | 563rd TFS | KIA | 5/9/65 | F-105D / 62-4408 |
| Captain Samuel A Woodworth | 563rd TFS | KIA | 4/17/65 | F-105D / 61-0171 |
| Name | Status | Lost | Aircraft / Tail Number |
| Major Earl M. Freeman Jr. * | 11/11/67 | / |
The information contained here was obtained from the 355th Tactical Training Wing History Booklet, the USAAF 355th Fighter Group (WWII) Honor Roll, the F-105 Honor Roll of Rick Versteeg's Thud Ridge Web page, Dave McDonald, Jim Lobdell, Charles Watry, G. I. Basel, Tex Houston, Ed Rock, Tom Mangan, Cynthia Buck, David McNeil, Bob Garlich, Bill Marshall and David de Bottom.
This page was last updated on December 1, 2008
