WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. John Hoeven issued the following news release:
Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement regarding the service of U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Irvin C. Ellingson, a Dahlen, North Dakota native who served during World War II. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that the remains of Ellingson, 25, were accounted for on June 17, 2025.
In the spring of 1945, Ellingson served as a radar observer aboard a Boeing B-29 "Superfortress" bomber assigned to 878th Bombardment Squadron, 499th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy). During a combat mission to Tokyo, Japan, the aircraft was shot down over Chiba Prefecture. Ellingson sur...