MIA reported through 26 January 1944:
USMC
Master Gunnery Sargeant
Dumais, Alphonse
Gunnery Sargeant
Happe, Glenn
Platoon Sargeant
Reynolds, Dornie B.
Siwak, Eugene
Staff Sargeant
Kovis, Donald S.
Lusche, Carroll G.
Sargeant
Cannaday, Herbert L.
Del Bene, Paul A.
Ferrara, Joseph A.
Grimm, Eldon W.*
Hammett, Harold
Knodel, Reuben J.
La France, Frederick
Rasmussen, Gordon B.
Yokom, Elmore F.
Corporal
Barker, Raymond A.
Beck, Milton M.
Brand, Robert J.
Bryant, Howard L.
Clemmons, James H.
Kinney, Curtis W.
Krotow, Alexander
Lane, Lambert
Leffell, Hylbert
Mageban, Harold C.
Peck, Hubert A.
Scheidt, George J.
Swigert, Robert
Vollmer, Daniel L.
Watson, William R.
Way, Herman L.
Private First Class
Belter, Clarence B.
Benvenuto, Francisco
Brown, Marcus
Burke, John T.
Calvin, Raymond D.
Cronkite, Harry
Doss, Phillip I.
Emond, Lawrence G.
Facchiano, Alfred J.
Fedorski, Gregory J.
Garrity, Paul R.
Geczy, Joseph E.
Getson, Matthew Jr.
Graeser, Stanley S.
Graves, Willis R.
Hamilton, Pembroke T.
Harris, Thomas R.
Harry, Billy Jr.
Hudson, Ralph L.
Hull, Jerold R.
Johns, James E.
Johnson, Edgar R.
Johnson, Robert C.
Jones, Walter H.
Kaput, Chester W.
Kegley, Ellis
Kimball, Rolland E.
Kneff, James C.
Krenkle, Phillip H.
Laycock, Morris B.
Liertz, Robert E.
Lower, Quincy McW.
Lukie, Joe
Madonia, Andrea J.
McCoy, Cecil R.
Mendes, Alvaro C.
Molles, Jeoze C.
Moreau, Braxton I.
Newman, Kenneth F.
Nickey, Robert A.
Norton, Thomas J.
Osmers, John H.
Ouellette, Fernand L.
Overman, Norman C.
Paulauski, edward R.
Peters, Wyman L.
Pfeffer, Robert G.
Rawlins, Joe H.
Riser, Merton R. *
Rivet, Ray A.
Ross, Lewis E.
Salerno, Micheal L.
Sams, William R.
Sargent, Perley W.
Sauers, Myrl M.
Sazanovich, J.
Schertz, Paul E.
Schudlt, Roy I.
Scurlock, Thomas L.
Silver, Victor H.
Stewart, Robert V.
Strange, Albert
Sutherland, Frank C.
Templeton, Jay R.
Thompson, Leonard A.
Tolson, Donald R.
Tyma, Leonard A.
Van Engen, Louis J.
Ver Vaecke, Camille T.
Waldenville, Arthur B.
Walker, Charles D.
Waterman, Francis E.
Wiley, Robert
Wilson, Howard D.
Wininger, Rondal E.
Winters, Rondus T.
Wise, Phillip G.
Young, Laurence D.
Zrolke, George
Private
Andruseasky, Frank C.
Avant, Owen C.
Barnhouse, Hamilton E.
Blanchette, Alberic M.
Button, Marvin D.
Carbone, Joseph C.
Carter, Broward L.
Cetrone, Peter J.
Chudej, Marvin G.
Coloske, Robert E.
Creech, John J. Jr.
Donaldson, William C.
Drew, Charles A.
Dyson, James R.
Entwisle, Ennis M.
Gandara, Humbert W.
Harcus, David R.
Harris, Warren C.
Heffron, Edward J.
Lazzari, Donald C.
Mostek, Raymond
Naffe, Joseph J. Jr.
Newell, Archie W.
Plumlee, Hugh
Rout, Albert M.
Shelner, Norman R.
Siegel, Clifford
Smith, Loren A.
Stamey, Jack
Stewart, Donald R.
Sturmer, Herman F., Jr.
Vellucci, Angelo M.
Verhaalen, Henry C.
Vocila, Russel W.
Wetternach, Laurence K.
Williams, Varden A.
Zalut, Stanley
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* - denotes a status change to KIA or remains recovered.
Don Allen, "Tarawa's Missing in Action," Follow Me, Sept-Oct 2003.
Robert L. Sherrod Tarawa: the Story of a Battle, 1944.
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency - Profiles of America’s Unaccounted For Personnel: https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfileHome
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