Stobaugh, Nolan
Army Private 1st class
Nolan Stobaugh from Arkansas, Van Buren county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Saturday, February 16, 1946
Death details: Finding of death
Source: National Archives
Stobaugh, Nolan
Roberts, Larry Ronald
Marines Private 1st class
Larry Ronald Roberts, age 18, from Damascus, Arkansas, Van Buren county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Thursday, November 25, 1943
Death details: On August 16, 2016, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) accounted for Private First Class Larry Ronald Roberts, missing from World War II. Private First Class Roberts entered the U.S. Marine Corps from Arkansas and served with the Special Weapons Group, 2nd Defense Battalion. In November 1943, he participated in the amphibious assault on Betio Island, as part of the Battle of Tarawa. He was killed in action on November 25 and was buried in a Marine cemetery on Betio, but his remains were not recovered in the immediate aftermath of the war. In 2015, the nonprofit organization History Flight located a burial trench on Betio and recovered several sets of human remains. DPAA forensic analysts later identified PFC Roberts from among these remains.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency