New Jersey's Korean War Unaccounted For
"The Forgotten War"
169 of New Jersey's Bravest Have Yet To Make It Home
MIA - Missing in Action
POW - Prisoner Of War
NBD - Non-battle death - body not recovered
KIA  - Killed In Action - Body Not Recovered
The 'date of death' field indicates the date of death as determined by the individual Service Secretary.  In the case
of some, this date was established by a 'Presumptive Finding of Death
Angel L. Acuna-Otero
Essex, NJ
USA
None
9/18/1952
12/31/1953
MIA
Robert Henry Adams
Woodbury, NJ
USAF
B-29
1/31/1952
1/31/1952
NBD
Fred William Aten
Morris, NJ
USA
None
7/20/1950
10/24/1950
POW
Walter Baleja
Hudson, NJ
USA
None
6/15/1952
12/31/1953
MIA
Robert Kirkus Bancker
Summit, NJ
USAF
C-119
1/16/1952
1/18/1952
MIA
Harold Herbert Bates
Monmouth, NJ
USA
None
11/26/1950
2/24/1954
MIA
Roland Russell Batson, Jr.
Summit, NJ
USN
AD-3
11/11/1950
3/30/1954
MIA
Anthony Bernosky
Union, NJ
USA
None
11/2/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
William Roy Biedenkapp
Hudson, NJ
USA
None
10/24/1952
10/24/1952
KIA
Edward Frank Blazejewski
Union, NJ
USA
None
11/1/1950
11/1/1950
KIA
8/4/1997 - 2/7/2006
Clyde Arnold Busard
Burlington, NJ
USA
None
12/3/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Michael Bochnovic
Jersey City, NJ
USAF
B-29
10/31/1952
11/7/1952
NBD
Henry F. Boetticher
Union, NJ
USA
None
12/2/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Elwood Earl Brey
Bergenfield, NJ
USN
AD-2
4/16/1951
4/22/1954
MIA
Otis Lee Broome
Cumberland, NJ
USA
None
8/8/1950
2/24/1954
MIA
Willis Ray Brown
Somerville, NJ
USAF
F-51
3/15/1951
3/10/1952
KIA
Elmer Valence Burger, Jr.
North, NJ
USMC
None
12/2/1950
11/2/1953
MIA
Marshall Lindley Bush
Dover, NJ
USMC
None
12/2/1950
10/30/1953
MIA
James Thomas Byrne
Atlantic, NJ
USA
None
11/2/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Reynold George Campbell
Clifton, NJ
USAF
B-26
1/13/1952
2/28/1954
MIA
Willie Edward Carter
Passaic, NJ
USA
None
2/12/1951
3/1/1951
POW
Harry Bernard Clarke
Ocean, NJ
USA
None
7/20/1950
4/27/1951
POW
William L. Clifton
Camden, NJ
USA
None
11/2/1950
2/19/1954
MIA
Harry Loran Collins, Jr.
Ft. Dix, NJ
USAF
F-84E
3/24/1952
3/24/1952
KIA
William Joseph Conlon
Englewood, NJ
USAF
F-80C
8/1/1952
7/15/1953
MIA
James Joseph Connolly
Jersey City, NJ
USAF
B-29
4/12/1951
1/31/1954
MIA
Harry W. Cook, Jr.
Morris, NJ
USA
None
4/25/1951
9/1/1951
POW
Robert H. Cope
Camden, NJ
USA
None
12/12/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Howard Thomas Corliss
Plainfield, NJ
USMC
None
12/3/1950
12/3/1950
KIA
Ronald Ross Cree
Garwood, NJ
USAF
F-51
6/5/1951
6/4/1952
KIA
Edward Patrick Cummings
Jersey City, NJ
USN
AD-3
7/11/1952
5/25/1954
MIA
Donald E. Dahms
Morris, NJ
USA
None
7/25/1950
2/26/1954
MIA
Hansel Daniels
Burlington, NJ
USA
None
12/3/1950
1/31/1951
POW
Stanley Dankowski
Essex, NJ
USA
None
7/6/1953
7/7/1954
MIA
Howard Maurice Davenport
Red Bank, NJ
USN
ACFT
3/4/1953
3/4/1953
KIA
Leo Nunzio Decicco
Camden, NJ
USA
None
7/20/1950
9/2/1950
POW
Frank E. Decker, Jr.
Passaic, NJ
USA
None
12/2/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Salvatore Decosta
Essex, NJ
USA
None
11/2/1950
11/8/1950
POW
Harry Denofio, Jr.
Cumberland, NJ
USA
None
11/27/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Vincent DiPalermo
Hackensack, NJ
USAF
F-80
1/26/1952
1/15/1953
KIA
Daniel James DiSylvester
Mercer, NJ
USA
None
11/2/1950
11/2/1950
KIA
James Nelson Dorland
Morris, NJ
USA
L-19
3/26/1953
3/26/1953
KIA
Donald L. Driscoll
Atlantic, NJ
USA
None
12/1/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Charles B. Dudley
Monmouth, NJ
USA
None
11/28/1950
2/27/1952
POW
Roger L. R. Duquesne
Passaic, NJ
USA
None
9/3/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Edward F. Durborow, Jr.
Bergen, NJ
USA
None
7/6/1953
7/7/1954
MIA
Edward Charles Edge
Ocean, NJ
USA
None
7/19/1950
12/31/1950
POW
Harold R. Edwards
Essex, NJ
USA
None
11/27/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
James W. Engdahl
Essex, NJ
USA
None
7/16/1950
7/16/1950
KIA
Louis Thomas Esposito
Vineland, NJ
USAF
F-80C
10/22/1951
11/1/1951
KIA
Elwood R. Essler
Salem, NJ
USA
None
11/29/1950
11/29/1950
KIA
Thomas Carl Estwick
Dover, NJ
USMC
None
12/3/1950
10/26/1953
MIA
William F. Evans
Hudson, NJ
USA
None
12/3/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
John B. Evering
Camden, NJ
USA
None
4/25/1951
12/31/1953
MIA
Arthur Brooks Faunce
Palmyra, NJ
USAF
F-80C
5/8/1952
5/19/1952
KIA
Edward Livingston Feakes
Red Bank, NJ
USAF
B-26
8/26/1951
12/31/1953
MIA
Edward G. Flannagan
Passaic, NJ
USA
None
10/13/1952
10/13/1952
KIA
Cecil Leon Fleming
Union, NJ
USA
None
12/1/1950
1/20/1951
POW
Julius Cleveland Fluhr, Jr.
Leonia, NJ
USAF
F-82G
3/14/1951
12/31/1953
MIA
Charles M. Forbes
Gloucester, NJ
USA
None
11/26/1950
2/28/1951
POW
John Duffield Franklin, Jr.
Salem, NJ
USA
None
7/16/1950
6/6/1951
POW
Jay Wendell Fisbey
Camden, NJ
USA
None
11/26/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Eugene Gathers
Hudson, NJ
USA
None
11/28/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Edgar Norman Geater
Essex, NJ
USA
None
10/19/1952
12/31/1953
MIA
Richard J. Geissler
Bergen, NJ
USA
None
11/28/1950
1/14/1951
POW
Donald Conrad Gerber
Hudson, NJ
USA
None
1/28/1952
1/28/1952
KIA
Karl Hudnell Gibson
Essex, NJ
USA
None
12/1/1950
12/10/1950
POW
Louis Alfert Gladney
Essex, NJ
USA
None
3/25/1953
3/26/1954
MIA
Albert Elijah Goldy
Beverley, NJ
USMC
None
10/6/1952
10/6/1952
KIA
John Stanley Gonteski
Riverside, NJ
USAF
B-29A
4/7/1951
1/31/1954
MIA
Donald Theodore Grenier
Burlington, NJ
USA
None
7/27/1950
2/24/1954
MIA
Adrian A. Hackney
Camden, NJ
USA
None
11/25/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
William G. Hammerle
Burlington, NJ
USA
None
12/1/1950
12/1/1950
KIA
Howard Robert Harbridge
Pennsauken, NJ
USMC
None
3/26/1953
3/26/1954
MIA
Harry J. Hartmann, Jr.
Atlantic, NJ
USA
None
11/2/1950
3/31/1951
POW
George Joseph Hassell
Monmouth, NJ
USA
None
5/18/1951
7/27/1951
POW
Sandy Hays
Mercer, NJ
USA
None
11/28/1950
5/4/1951
POW
Charles Kenneth Hebert
Monmouth, NJ
USA
None
11/28/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Francis P. Hicks
Essex, NJ
USA
None
11/30/1950
2/28/1951
POW
Roscoe Linden Hildebrand
Essex, NJ
USA
None
11/30/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Herbert M. Horner
Monmouth, NJ
USA
None
11/26/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
John Joseph Horner
Swedesboro, NJ
USAF
B-29
10/23/1951
2/28/1954
MIA
Andrew Huszar
Middlesex, NJ
USA
None
11/28/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
James Henry Jackson
Elizabeth City, NJ
USA
None
11/26/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
John Johnson Jackson
New Brunswick, NJ
USAF
B-29
9/8/1950
9/25/1950
KIA
Stuart Raymond Jelly
Morris, NJ
USA
None
2/12/1951
5/31/1951
POW
Gerald Jones
Red Bank, NJ
USAF
B-26
4/25/1953
4/26/1954
MIA
Richard A. Kanski
Union, NJ
USA
None
11/2/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Calvin H. Kitzmiller
Camden, NJ
USA
None
11/28/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Thomas C. Lafferty
Newfield, NJ
USAF
F-51D
1/31/1952
2/23/1952
KIA
John William Lausberg, Jr.
Neshanic, NJ
USAF
B-26
4/27/1951
1/31/1954
MIA
Rubin Levine
Passaic, NJ
USA
None
7/24/1950
3/19/1954
MIA
Carl Ellsworth Lindquist, Jr.
Summit, NJ
USMC
None
7/25/1953
7/26/1954
MIA
Oscar Lee Little
Hudson, NJ
USA
None
4/24/1951
4/24/1951
KIA
Isaac W. Lockett, Jr.
Hudson, NJ
USA
None
12/1/1950
3/9/1951
POW
Anthony John Lopa
Bergen, NJ
USA
None
8/31/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Daniel Vito Lotrecchiano
Cedar Grove, NJ
USMC
None
10/7/1952
10/19/1953
MIA
John Mercer Lovett
Mercer, NJ
USA
None
11/27/1950
7/31/1951
POW
George S. Lublinski
Middlesex, NJ
USA
None
1/12/1951
5/31/1951
POW
Richard Alan Lucas
Monmouth, NJ
USA
None
11/26/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Edward Lucid
Middlesex, NJ
USA
None
8/6/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Paul Lucik
Bergen, NJ
USA
None
7/20/1950
7/20/1950
KIA
John W. Lutz
Hudson, NJ
USA
None
5/19/1951
7/31/1951
POW
William R. MacDonald
Burlington, NJ
USA
None
2/6/1953
2/7/1954
MIA
Angelo Secondo Malanga
Essex, NJ
USA
None
8/16/1950
2/23/1954
POW
Jay Mann
Oaklyn, NJ
USMC
None
3/26/1953
3/26/1954
MIA
William Stephen Matusz
New Brunswick, NJ
USAF
F-51D
1/19/1951
1/8/1952
KIA
Harold McCormack
Hudson, NJ
USA
None
11/27/1950
11/27/1950
KIA
James Patrick McGuire
Essex, NJ
USA
None
11/2/1950
4/30/1951
POW
William John Mills
Hudson, NJ
USA
None
11/5/1951
12/31/1953
MIA
Howard Arthur Morgan
Essex, NJ
USA
None
4/25/1951
12/31/1953
MIA
George A. Morris
Bergen, NJ
USA
None
12/1/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Bernard Myron Murray
Essex, NJ
USA
None
7/27/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Joseph C. Norris
Hudson, NJ
USA
None
12/2/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Warren Edward O'Brien
Audobon, NJ
USAF
F-84
9/9/1952
3/31/1954
MIA
John Henry Oetjen
Hudson, NJ
USA
None
11/2/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Peter Olearchik
Mercer, NJ
USA
None
7/20/1950
11/2/1950
POW
James Edward Overend
Hudson, NJ
USA
None
12/1/1950
2/7/1951
POW
Irad Blair Oxley
Woodbine, NJ
USN
F-2H
10/16/1951
10/16/1951
KIA
John Miller Paine
Bergen, NJ
USA
None
11/28/1950
1/10/1951
POW
Emil Leonard Palenik
Bergen, NJ
USA
None
11/30/1950
2/5/1951
POW
Nicholas Michael Palmiotti
Union City, NJ
USAF
B-26
8/30/1951
2/28/1954
MIA
Daniel Richard Paul
Teaneck, NJ
USN
ACFT
7/23/1953
7/23/1953
KIA
Bernard Lee Person
Wildwood, NJ
USAF
F-51
11/11/1950
10/25/1951
KIA
John Clarence Perry
Essex, NJ
USA
None
11/28/1950
5/31/1951
POW
Michael C. Petruska
Middlesex, NJ
USA
None
10/27/1951
10/27/1951
KIA
Irvin Wilber Pittman
Gloucester, NJ
USA
None
7/12/1950
11/7/1950
POW
Freeman Poston, Jr.
Essex, NJ
USA
None
11/28/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Thomas P. Reiley
Summerset, NJ
USA
None
11/30/1950
12/23/1950
POW
Charles P. Reilly
Hudson, NJ
USA
None
10/12/1951
12/31/1953
MIA
Walter F. Reimer
Essex, NJ
USA
None
9/1/1950
2/18/1954
MIA
Gordon Ripatranzone
Passaic, NJ
USA
None
2/12/1951
1/18/1954
POW
Jerry Sabino
Essex, NJ
USA
None
11/28/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Donald W. Salmon
Essex, NJ
USA
None
7/10/1950
10/22/1950
POW
Leo James Sawyer
Hudson, NJ
USA
None
12/2/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Edward Charles Schneider
Livingston, NJ
USMC
None
11/28/1950
1/11/1954
KIA
Ralph H. Schooley
Camden, NJ
USA
None
11/2/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Arthur Leo Seaton
Gloucester, NJ
USA
None
2/12/1951
4/30/1951
POW
12/1/1993 - 4/9/1996
Robert Vincent Sharpe
Jersey City, NJ
USMC
None
11/30/1950
11/30/1950
KIA
Charles Shay
Morris, NJ
USA
None
1/21/1953
1/22/1954
MIA
Clarence Denis Smith
Bergen, NJ
USA
None
11/2/1950
11/2/1950
KIA
Joseph William Smith
Essex, NJ
USA
None
11/27/1950
8/1/1951
POW
Walter Leroy Smith
Jersey City, NJ
USA
None
7/19/1953
7/19/1953
NBD
William Springer
Passaic, NJ
USA
None
7/27/1950
2/25/1954
MIA
Westervelt Charles Stagg
Rutherford, NJ
USAF
B-29
6/11/1952
12/31/1953
MIA
Frank James Stevenson
Camden, NJ
USAF
B-29A
1/29/1953
1/30/1954
MIA
Earle Vincent Stokes
Gloucester, NJ
USA
None
10/20/1952
10/20/1952
KIA
Frank Julius Suliman
Middlesex, NJ
USA
None
12/1/1950
3/15/1951
POW
Henry Svehla
Essex, NJ
USA
None
6/12/1952
6/12/1952
KIA
John Roger Sweeney
Camden, NJ
USA
None
2/12/1951
2/17/1954
MIA
Joseph Anthony Taddeo, Jr.
Roselle, NJ
USAF
LT-6G
4/21/1953
5/8/1953
KIA
Jake Raleigh Thorpe
Burlington, NJ
USA
None
12/1/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Robert Shoemaker Thorpe, Jr.
Morris, NJ
USA
None
12/1/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Joseph Francis Toner
Camden, NJ
USA
None
11/26/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Marck Loos Tooker, Jr.
Montclair, NJ
USN
AD-3
7/11/1952
5/25/1954
MIA
Robert Phillip Toole
Bloomfield, NJ
USMC
None
11/27/1950
11/27/1950
KIA
Thomas William Trimble
New Brunswick, NJ
USAF
None
8/4/1951
4/7/1952
KIA
Raymond John Tuttle
Hanover, NJ
USMC
None
11/30/1950
2/10/1954
POW
Russel Edward Van Natta
Hawthorne, NJ
USMC
None
10/7/1952
10/7/1952
KIA
Samuel Van Saders
Bergen, NJ
USA
None
7/6/1953
7/7/1954
MIA
Richard Elliot Vaneekhoven
Mercer, NJ
USA
None
2/13/1951
4/30/1951
POW
Edmund Stanley Varner
Union, NJ
USA
None
7/8/1950
2/5/1951
POW
Raymond Arthur Vernon
Bergen, NJ
USA
None
7/22/1952
2/19/1954
POW
John W. Vester
Somerset, NJ
USA
None
2/13/1951
5/31/1951
POW
John Williamson, Jr.
Mercer, NJ
USA
None
11/27/1950
2/28/1951
POW
Richard R. Wilson
Union, NJ
USA
None
12/15/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Joseph Henry Woods
Essex, NJ
USA
None
2/6/1951
3/4/1954
POW
Donald Jesse Yates
Jersey City, NJ
USMC
None
10/7/1952
10/19/1953
MIA
Lester J. Zabriskie
Bergen, NJ
USA
None
12/2/1950
12/31/1953
MIA
Arthur J. Zakalyk
Passaic, NJ
USA
None
10/11/1951
12/31/1953
MIA
Felix J. Zolkowski
Essex, NJ
USA
None
12/15/1950
12/15/1950
KIA
 
TABLE KEY:
Name
Home of Record
Military Service
Incident Vehicle
Date of Incident
Date of Death* (see note)
Status
Date returned - Date Identified (if relev
ant)
Police Action War - Words & Music by Frank G. Gross, PFC, USMC, Korea
Vocals and Instruments - John Carpino
I would like to thank Frank G. Gross for his permission to use his song on this site and Mickael Bruce,
Sgt. USAF,
of American Pride Videos for contacting Frank to get his permission and making sure I had a
compatible format of the song.
Many countries remembered their fallen with respect of honor due
but in these states such little relates and our history's words were few
For in the hallway of the high school mahogany plaques stand out
Of the names engraved and the sacrifice made to remind us what war is about

There are names there of the first war, the very first bugle call
And for the Taps that blew in World War II, and of the boys from 'Nam on the wall
But the Korean War forgotten, Fifty Four Thousand lost their place
And the Eight Thousand more are MIAs, of them theres such little trace
POW
44
  USMC
15
MIA
84
  USA
121
KIA
38
  USAF
28
NBD
3
  USN
7
STATISTICS
By
Classification
By
Branch of
Service
Note:  Of the 171 Classified as missing at the end of
the Korean War, 2 remains were subsequently
returned and identified.