WASHINGTON –
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Nicholas J. Governale, 22, killed during World War II, was accounted for May 15, 2025.
In the summer of 1943, Governale was a member of 69th Bombardment Squadron, 42d Bombardment Group (Medium). He was killed on July 10 when his North American B-25C-1 Mitchell medium bomber crashed on takeoff from Carney Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. His remains were not recovered after the war, and he was declared nonrecoverable on May 11, 1949.
This is an initial release. The complete accounting of Governale's case will be published once the family receives their full briefing.
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