A World War II historic guide to discover the D-Day Landing Beaches in Normandy

Travel Normandy guide François Gauthron offers tours of the Normandy landing beaches, World War II battlefield. Come and discover the most famous part of Normandy where took place the Landing and the battle of Normandy in June 1944 to liberate France and Europe. You will be escorted by a qualified bilingual guide who will show you round the major sites of the beaches. Visit the highlights of World War II sites in Normandy with an expert license guide, first the most important sites of the landing beaches.

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American Cemetery, more

Listing by States and American territories of KIA and MIA

BURIAL

M.I.A

PENNSYLVANIA 

1071

142

NEW YORK

968

173

OHIO 

524

95

ILLINOIS  

499

63

CALIFORNIA 

405

42

N. JERSEY

405

76

MICHIGAN  

362

56

TEXAS   

359

86

MASSACHUSETTS

340

69

N. CAROLINA

236

33

INDIANA  

229

45

VIRGINIA  

223

31

TENNESSEE  

208

42

BURIAL

M.I.A

MINNESOTA 

206

35

MISSOURI    

194

35

GEORGIA      

183

30

KENTUCKY    

180

33

W. VIRGINIA 

173

30

MARYLAND   

165

18

WISCONSIN 

160

25

KANSAS   

147

26

OKLAHOMA   

144

25

IOWA 

142

38

CONNECTICUT

131

31

ALABAMA 

126

25

LOUISIANA  

121

19

BURIAL

M.I.A

FLORIDA  

116

13

MISSISSIPPI  

102

34

ARKANSAS  

96

27

S. CAROLINA

93

20

NEBRASKA    

90

7

COLORADO   

88

12

RHODE ISLAND 

84

15

OREGON

78

6

WASHINGTON

69

14

MAINE 

67

17

N. DAKOTA

64

9

S. DAKOTA    

45

6

N. MEXICO    

43

5

BURIAL

M.I.A

ARIZONA  

35

3

N. HAMPSHIRE  

33

0

WYOMING

27

4

MONTANA

27

4

D. COLUMBIA 

25

5

VERMONT      

25

5

IDAHO  

25

5

DELAWARE   

15

3

UTAH

12

3

NEVADA        

8

1

T. HAWAII    

4

1

ALASKA    

2

0

GUAM  

0

1


The Crew of Omar the Dentmaker

B-17, 42-37833, 401st BG, 615th BS
Shot down by Flak on March 25, 1944 crashed near Bouquemaison, France

Front row L-R:

1st Lt. Michael R. Walsh Navigator, 1st Lt. Robert D. Kaercher Co-Pilot, Captain William M. Rumsey, Jr. Pilot, 1st Lt. James Daniel Haffner Bombardier (POW Stalag Luft I).

Back Row L-R:

1st person unknown... then T/Sgt. William W. Carter radio operator, Herb McElligot tail gunner, T/Sgt. Donald B. Roberts Engineer, S/Sgt. Ivan R. Lee waistgunner, S/Sgt Irving I. Lieberman «Lucky Lieberman» ball turret gunner.

Mr. John B. Carson was the substitute tail gunner on March 26, 1944 when Omar the Dentmaker was hit by flak over Pas de Calais, France and exploded. He is not pictured here.

Pilot

Capt. William M. Rumsey, Jr.

KIA

Folsom City

CA

Co-Pilot

Lt. Robert D. Kaercher

KIA

Cavalier

ND

Navigator

Lt. Michael R. Walsh

KIA

Corona

NY

Bombardier

Lt. James D. Haffner

POW

Seattle

WA

Top Turret Gunner

T/Sgt. Donald B. Roberts

KIA

Wampsville

NY

Radio Operator

T/Sgt. William W. Carter

KIA

Salt Lake City

NV

Ball Turret Gunner

S/Sgt. Irving I. Lieberman

KIA

Baltimore

MD

Right Waist Gunner

S/Sgt. Ivan R. Lee

KIA

Johnson City

NY

Left Waist Gunner

S/Sgt. Frank A. Rothwell

KIA

Philadelphia

PA

Tail Gunner

Sgt. John B. Carson

POW

Chattanooga

TN


List of the none American soldiers buried in this Cemetery

Canada:

  • James B. Howard. SM3C USNR Died 6-Jun-44 Plot I, Row 7, Grave 28.
  • Homer J. Richard. PFC 16 INF 1DIV Died 6-Jun-44 Plot J, Row 17, Grave 27.
  • Elude Nadeau. PFC 330 INF 83 DIV Died 7-Jul-44 Plot B, Row 16, Grave 32.
  • Glen L. Young. SGT 573 Bomb SQ 391 Bomb GP (H) Died 13-Aug-44 Plot B, Row 4, Grave 34.
  • Vincent J. Mazzone. CPL 264 INF 66 DIV Died 25-Dec-44 MIA's Wall.

England:

  • Stanley E. Batt. PVT 28 INF 8 DIV Died 20-Jul-44 Plot F, Row 7, Grave 39.

Scotland:

  • James A. Malloy. PVT 175 INF 8 DIV Died 16-Jun-44 Plot J, Row 24, Grave 23.

Mexico:

  • Ezequiel Cias. PVT 238 ENGR Combat BN Died 14-Jun-44 Plot F, Row 22, Grave 37; he was in the Company B truck which hit a mine and get's KIA with Lt Stuart S. Wise, Cpl Richard R. Miller, T/5 Freddie L. Camano, T/5 Luther C. Willis, Pfc. James C. Hardy, Pfc Victor H. Dunnam, Pvt Julius E. Webb and Pfc Sam Weiss.