BISMARCK — Another North Dakotan who fought in WWII has been accounted for after being declared “non-recoverable” in 1949.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), which locates and returns remains of missing service personnel, released a statement on Monday, Sept. 23, saying the remains of U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class Charles R. Reiser were confirmed in June 2024.
A then 20-year-old from Washburn, N.D., Reiser was killed in 1944 during Operation Forager, which took place on the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. It is believed that he died while protecting Marines from being attacked by Japanese mortars as they landed on the beaches.
He was first buried along with other unknown, fallen personnel at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines in 1950. Over 70 years later, his remains were exhumed by DPAA historians who used various DNA tests to confirm Reiser’s remains.
A rosette to indicate Reiser has been accounted for will be placed next to his name currently on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.
According to the release, Reiser will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery on a date yet to be determined. His personnel file can be viewed on the
DPAA website.
Earlier this month, the DPAA said the remains of Edward D. Johnson of Hurdsfield, N.D., were confirmed in 2020. Hurdsfield, a 1st Class Navy fireman, was killed in the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor. Johnson was buried between 1947 and 1949 in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific as one of 46 unidentified crew members.
1/3: News paper clipping from when North Dakota received news of Charles R. Reiser’s death.
Contributed / The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
2/3: Charles R. Reiser in uniform.
Contributed / The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
3/3: Charles R. Reiser’s nameplate in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Contributed / The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
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