Interesting website on missing Marines

[Laurent Rizzotti]

Hello,

Just blundering on this site today by searching the fate of a Marine air gunner lost on October 1942:
http://missingmarines.com/

Apparently this website started in 2011 but I have never found it before. So far missing Marine fates are described up to 9 October 1942 (of course, "mine" MIA was on the 10th) and it seems to be a work in progress.

For each case, there are many details, and this covers Marine aviators lost in the Pacific.

Best regards

Hello Laurent,

I'm the researcher/admin running MissingMarines.com. Definitely a work in progress - there are over 3,000 USMC personnel still carried as missing/lost at sea.

If you'll let me know the name of the aviator you are searching for, I can go through my records - I have notes on almost every individual, and would be glad to help out.

Cheers,
Geoffrey

Hi Laurent,

I'm the researcher/webmaster that runs missingmarines.com. Glad you found the site helpful, and you're right - it's very much still a work in progress.

I have notes on nearly all of the 3,000+ MIA individuals from the USMC in World War Two. If you can let me know which aviator you're researching, I'd be glad to help out - not sure when I'll get to doing more biographies, I'm currently working on some other areas of the site.

Cheers,
Geoffrey

[Laurent Rizzotti]

Hello Geoffrey,

Thanks for your kind proposal: I am interested in Cpl George F. Priest of VMSB-141, lost on 10 October 1942 in an air battle.

Best regards

[Carl Schwamberger]

Just found the Missing Marines site. As a former jarhead I salute the effort.

Semper Fi