Corporal Ole B. Ekstrom, of Lake Forest, Illinois, and the 6th Marine Tank Battalion, was killed in action on Okinawa on May 22, 1945, 79 years ago today. Bill Beigel U.S. Marine Corps Museum 🇺🇸

Corporal Henry H. Holmes, of St. Lucie, Florida, and the 5th Marine Amphibious Tractor Battalion, was killed at the West Loch of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, when his vessel, along with several others, exploded on May 21, 1944, 80 years ago today. Bill Beigel PearlHarborNPS #POWMIA

2nd Lieutenant Joseph Mancik, of Binghamton, New York, and the 36th Engineer Combat Regiment, was killed in action near Anzio, Italy, on May 20, 1944, 80 years ago today. Bill Beigel

TSGT Willard A. Backman, of Los Angeles, California, and the 510th Bomb Squadron, was MIA over Hochwachter Bay, near Kiel, Germany, on May 19, 1943, 81 years ago today. Bill Beigel #POWMIA National Museum USAF Mighty 8th Museum IWM Duxford

2nd Lieutenant James J. Toth, of South Omaha, Nebraska, and the 37th Fighter Squadron, was MIA over the Adriatic Sea on May 18, 1943, 81 years ago today. #POWMIA Bill Beigel National Museum USAF Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation #14thFighterGroup #37thFighterSquadron

TSGT John W. McFarland, of Chicago, Illinois, and the 364th Bomb Squadron, was downed over Lorient, France on May 17, 1943, 81 years ago today. Bill Beigel ChicagoHistoryMuseum Mighty 8th Museum National Museum USAF IWM Duxford

Aviation Radioman 3rd Class Everett H. Arnold, of Blackwell, Oklahoma, and VS-6, was downed over the Pacific near Wallis Island. He was last seen 'attacked by sharks and pulled under the surface of the water' on May 16, 1943, 81 years ago today. Bill Beigel #POWMIA

Aviation Radioman 3rd Class Everett H. Arnold, of Blackwell, Oklahoma, and VS-6, was downed over the Pacific near Wallis Island. He was last seen 'attacked by sharks and pulled under the surface of the water' on May 16, 1943, 81 years ago today. Bill Beigel #POWMIA

TSGT Lester O. Corns, of Burlington, North Carolina and the 427th Bomb Squadron, was MIA with his crew over the North Sea on May 15, 1943, 81 years ago today. #POWMIA Bill Beigel Mighty 8th Museum National Museum USAF IWM Duxford

Sergeant Wendell L. Baldwin, of Clovis, California and the 160th Infantry Regiment, was killed in action at Bucari on Panay Island on May 14, 1945, 79 years ago today. Bill Beigel #160thInfantryRegiment National Infantry Museum

PFC Alethia M. Fair, of Santa Monica, California, and the HQ Squadron of the Far East Air Service Command, was downed over Hidden Valley, New Guinea on May 13, 1945, 79 years ago today. Her remains were recovered in 1959. Bill Beigel Military Women’s Memorial Santa Monica History Museum

PFC Joseph M. Klowski, of Royal Oak Township, Michigan, and the 22nd Marine Regiment, was killed in action on Okinawa on May 12, 1945, 79 years ago today. He was 19 years old. Bill Beigel @HistorySocietyMI Marine Corps History Division U.S. Naval Institute

2nd Lieutenant Glenn L. Armbruster, of Cumberland, Maryland and the 499th Bomb Squadron, was MIA with his crew between Tutuila Island, Samoa, and Fiji, on May 11, 1943, 81 years ago today. Bill Beigel #POWMIA National Museum USAF Maryland Center for History and Culture

Aviation Radioman 3rd Class John Renzow, of St. Louis, Missouri, and VB-136, was killed in a crash on Adak Island on May 10, 1943, 81 years ago today. Bill Beigel Soldiers Memorial Military Museum U.S. Naval History State Historical Society of Missouri #AdakIsland

Staff Sergeant Nelson E. McCloskey, of Port Allegany, Pennsylvania, and the 1st Armored Regiment, was killed in action near Djebel Achtel, Tunisia, on May 9, 1943, 81 years ago today. Bill Beigel 1st Armored Division National Museum of Military Vehicles Historical Society of Pennsylvania #1stArmoredRegiment

Aviation Radioman 1st Class Eugene J. Flahive, of Riverdale, Illinois, was missing in action on a patrol mission near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on May 8, 1945, 79 years ago today. Bill Beigel #POWMIA U.S. Naval History

PFC John E. Davey, of Ponca, Nebraska, and Battery C of the 376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, was killed in practice jump at Leicester, England, on May 7, 1944, 80 years ago today. Bill Beigel Steven #376thParachuteFieldArtilleryBattalion

Technical Sergeant Joshua B. Swanner, of Richmond, Virginia and the 72nd Bomb Squadron, was downed off Biak Island on May 5, 1944, 80 years ago today. @AFMuseum Richmond Museum of History & Culture #POWMIA Bill Beigel

SSGT Garland L. Strang, of Bangor, Maine, & the 410th Bomb Squadron, was killed in an accidental land mine explosion at the 1st Bomb Wing Provisional Gunnery School at Snetterton, Norfolk, England, on May 4, 1943, 81 years ago today. @BangorMusuem Bill Beigel Mighty 8th Museum

Signalman 3rd Class Donald E. Parks, of Great Falls, Montana, was serving aboard the USS Cytheria when it was sunk by a U-Boat off the coast of North Carolina on May 3, 1943, 81 years ago today. #POWMIA Bill Beigel U.S. Naval History Montana History Portal MTHistoricalSociety