A World War II sailor who died the day the war officially ended has been accounted for, military officials said Monday.

U.S. Navy Reserve Ensign Eugene E. Mandeberg, 23, was a member of Fighting Squadron 88 aboard the USS Yorktown during the summer of 1945, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency . He enlisted in 1941 and first went overseas in February 1944, according to a news clipping shared by the DPAA.

His formation engaged with enemy fighter planes over Tokyo while returning from a mission in Japan on Aug. 15, on V-J (or Victory over Japan) Day , the DPAA said. Four of the six aircraft in the formation did not return to the USS Yorktown. A news clipping shared by the DPAA said that the formation was met by 20 Japanese planes.

U.S. Navy Reserve Ensign Eugene E. Man

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