Michael E. Jr. Linderman, age 19, from Oregon, Douglas county.
Spouse: Christina (Glynn) Linderman
Service era: Gulf War
Schools: Central Kitsap High (1989)
Date of death: Tuesday, January 29, 1991
Death details: Killed in action, friendly fire in the Battle of Khafji.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles, Seattle Pilot
Burton Edward Burgess, age 33, from Oregon, Josephine county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Sunday, September 3, 1950
Death details: On September 3, 1950, the 8th Cavalry Regiment and the 2nd Engineer Battalion, both elements of the 1st Cavalry Division, were holding a defensive line between Tabu-dong and Taegu at the upper end of the Naktong Perimeter. Company F of the 8th Cavalry, defending Hill 448, was attacked by elements of North Korea’s 13th Infantry Division and forced to retreat to Hill 449, defended by Company G of the 8th Cavalry. The 8th Cavalry Regiment found itself cut off from its supply train and withdrew from the area to keep from being surrounded by the enemy. Upon reaching the village of Tabu-dong, members of Companies D and E of the 8th Cavalry became involved in hut-to-hut fighting before they could retreat. Meanwhile, elements of the 2nd Engineer Battalion, which had been ordered to take and hold Hill 755, were also forced to withdraw. United States forces did not re-take this territory until September 21, 1950. Private First Class James Lester Bright, who joined the U.S. Army from South Carolina, served with F Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was reported missing in action on September 3, 1950. No one witnessed PFC Bright’s death, and evidence indicates he was not held as a prisoner of war. His remains have not been recovered. Today, Private First Class Bright is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Richard Wayne Stockman, age 20, from Oregon, Multnomah county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Saturday, July 29, 1950
Death details: On July 30, 1950, the 24th Infantry Division’s undermanned and ill-equipped 19th Infantry Regiment, which had been rushed to Korea from garrison duty in Japan, established defensive lines around the South Korean city of Chinju. The soldiers of the 19th Infantry faced the North Korean People’s Army (NKPA), which was moving inexorably south down the Korean peninsula. The unit lacked heavy artillery and anti-tank weaponry, and the Americans were ultimately unable to stop the NKPA and were forced to withdraw further south to prevent being surrounded. Private First Class Richard Wayne Stockman, who joined the U.S. Army from Oregon, served with M Company, 3rd Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on July 29 as the 3rd Battalion fought the NKPA for control of Hadong Pass. He died of malnutrition in mid-October near the outskirts of Pyongyang, North Korea, and was buried near the railroad station northwest of the city. United Nations forces captured Pyongyang shortly afterward, and PFC Stockman’s remains were moved to the United Nations Military Cemetery in Pyongyang. Within weeks, the city was retaken by enemy forces and never regained. Private First Class Stockman’s remains were not identified among those from the UN Cemetery that were returned to U.S. custody after the war, and he is still unaccounted for. Today, Private First Class Stockman is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency , Salam Statesman Journal
Robert N. Hansen from Oregon, Multnomah county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Wednesday, September 27, 1944
Death details: Finding of death
Source: National Archives
Robert Junior Carter, age 19, from Oregon.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Saturday, November 20, 1943
Death details: On November 10, 2015, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Private Robert J. Carter, missing from World War II. Private Carter entered the U.S. Marine Corps from Oregon and served in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division. He was reportedly killed in action on November 20, 1943, during the assault on Betio Island during the invasion of Tarawa. Private Carter’s body was not recovered following the battle. In 2015, the nongovernmental organization History Flight Inc. discovered a burial site on Betio and recovered human remains. DPAA scientists analyzed these remains and were able to individually identify Private Carter.
Source: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Leroy M. Slenker, age 28, from Oregon, Umatilla county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, November 15, 1942
Death details: On February 3, 2023, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Private Leroy M. Slenker, missing from World War II. Private Slenker entered the U.S. Army from Oregon and served in the 75th Ordnance Depot Company in the Philippines. He was captured on Corregidor Island following the American surrender on May 6, 1942, and died of dysentery on November 15, 1942, at the Cabanatuan Prison Camp in Nueva Ecija Province. He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs. After the war, U.S. personnel recovered remains from the camp cemeteries, but most could not be identified with the technology available at the time and were buried as Unknowns at the Manila American Cemetery. In 2018, as part of the Cabanatuan Project, the DPAA exhumed Unknown remains associated with Communal Grave 271, one of the grave sites at Cabanatuan. Laboratory analysis and the totality of the circumstantial evidence available established one set of remains as those of Private Slenker.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Gordon N. Larson from Oregon, Josephine county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Saturday, November 14, 1942
Death details: Following the Allied surrender on the Bataan Peninsula on April 9, 1942, the Japanese began the forcible transfer of American and Filipino prisoners of war to various prison camps in central Luzon, at the northern end of the Philippines. The largest of these camps was the notorious Cabanatuan Prison Camp. At its peak, Cabanatuan held approximately 8,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war that were captured during and after the Fall of Bataan. Camp overcrowding worsened with the arrival of Allied prisoners who had surrendered from Corregidor on May 6, 1942. Conditions at the camp were poor, with food and water extremely limited, leading to widespread malnutrition and outbreaks of malaria and dysentery. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, approximately 2,800 Americans had died at Cabanatuan. Prisoners were forced to bury the dead in makeshift communal graves, often completed without records or markers. As a result, identifying and recovering remains interred at Cabanatuan was difficult in the years after the war. Private First Class Gordon N. Larson entered the U.S. Army from Washington and served with Battery B of the 59th Coast Artillery Regiment in the Philippines during World War II. He was captured in Bataan following the American surrender on April 9, 1942, and died of beriberi on November 14, 1942, at the Cabanatuan Prison Camp in Nueva Ecija Province. He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs; however, his remains could not be associated with any remains recovered from Cabanatuan after the war. Today, Private First Class Larson is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
William E. Calkins from Oregon, Marion county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, November 1, 1942
Death details: Following the Allied surrender on the Bataan Peninsula on April 9, 1942, the Japanese began the forcible transfer of American and Filipino prisoners of war to various prison camps in central Luzon, at the northern end of the Philippines. The largest of these camps was the notorious Cabanatuan Prison Camp. At its peak, Cabanatuan held approximately 8,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war that were captured during and after the Fall of Bataan. Camp overcrowding worsened with the arrival of Allied prisoners who had surrendered from Corregidor on May 6, 1942. Conditions at the camp were poor, with food and water extremely limited, leading to widespread malnutrition and outbreaks of malaria and dysentery. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, approximately 2,800 Americans had died at Cabanatuan. Prisoners were forced to bury the dead in makeshift communal graves, often completed without records or markers. As a result, identifying and recovering remains interred at Cabanatuan was difficult in the years after the war. Private William E. Calkins joined the U.S. Army from Oregon and served in Company B of the 31st Infantry Regiment in the Philippines during World War II. He was captured in Bataan following the American surrender and died of inanition on November 1, 1942, at the Cabanatuan Prison Camp in Nueva Ecija Province. He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs; however, his remains could not be associated with any remains recovered from Cabanatuan after the war. Today, Private Calkins is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
Cemetery: Manila American Cemetery
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Ernest L. Wallace from Oregon, Linn county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Thursday, October 15, 1942
Death details: Following the Allied surrender on the Bataan Peninsula on April 9, 1942, the Japanese began the forcible transfer of American and Filipino prisoners of war to various prison camps in central Luzon, at the northern end of the Philippines. The largest of these camps was the notorious Cabanatuan Prison Camp. At its peak, Cabanatuan held approximately 8,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war that were captured during and after the Fall of Bataan. Camp overcrowding worsened with the arrival of Allied prisoners who had surrendered from Corregidor on May 6, 1942. Conditions at the camp were poor, with food and water extremely limited, leading to widespread malnutrition and outbreaks of malaria and dysentery. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, approximately 2,800 Americans had died at Cabanatuan. Prisoners were forced to bury the dead in makeshift communal graves, often completed without records or markers. As a result, identifying and recovering remains interred at Cabanatuan was difficult in the years after the war. Private First Class Ernest L. Wallace, who entered the U.S. Army Air Forces from Oregon, served in Headquarters Squdron, U.S. Army Air Forces Far East, in the Philippines during World War II. He was captured in Bataan following the American surrender and died of malaria and dysentery on October 15, 1942 at the Cabanatuan Prison Camp. He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with another deceased American POWs; however, his remains could not be associated with any remains recovered from Cabanatuan after the war. Today, Private First Class Wallace is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
Source: National Archives
Walter Pat Andersen, age 21, from Oregon.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Thursday, October 1, 1942
Death details: Following the Allied surrender on the Bataan Peninsula on April 9, 1942, the Japanese began the forcible transfer of American and Filipino prisoners of war to various prison camps in central Luzon, at the northern end of the Philippines. The largest of these camps was the notorious Cabanatuan Prison Camp. At its peak, Cabanatuan held approximately 8,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war that were captured during and after the Fall of Bataan. Camp overcrowding worsened with the arrival of Allied prisoners who had surrendered from Corregidor on May 6, 1942. Conditions at the camp were poor and food and water supplied extremely limited, leading to widespread malnutrition and outbreaks of malaria and dysentery. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, approximately 2,800 Americans had died at Cabanatuan. Prisoners were forced to bury the dead in makeshift communal graves often completed without records or markers. As a result, identifying and recovering remains interred at Cabanatuan was difficult in the years after the war. Private First Class Walter Pat Andersen entered the U.S. Marine Corps from Oregon and served with Company M of the 4th Marine Regiment in the Philippines during World War II. He was captured on Corregidor Island following the American surrender and died of diphtheria on October 1, 1942, at the Cabanatuan Prison Camp in Nueva Ecija Province. He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs; however, his remains could not be associated with any remains recovered from Cabanatuan after the war. Today, Private First Class Andersen is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Source: American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency