Digital painting of a field of wildflowers with brown combat boots, an American flag, and an MIA silver cuff bracelet in the foreground

Original digital artwork by museum studies student, Brandy Craft

Aggies in Action: Honoring the Fallen, Searching for the Missing

Presented by Texas A&M University students in ANTH 421: Advanced Museum Studies

Nov. 4–Dec. 7, 2025

Forsyth Galleries | Memorial Student Center, MSC 2428

From the Second World War, through the Korean War and the Vietnam War, over 200 Aggies remain listed as Missing In Action (MIA). This exhibition shares the stories of five Aggies who never returned home. The exhibition also highlights the ongoing efforts of Texas A&M faculty and students who are working to recover and preserve the stories of all MIA Military Personnel. Though these Aggies remain unaccounted for, they are not forgotten. Their names, courage, and stories live on through scholarship, remembrance, and the enduring commitment of the Texas A&M community.

WORLD WAR II (1939–45)

  • Major Charles Benton Adams, ’40, a P-51 Mustang pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps whose plane crashed during a bombing mission in the Philippines
  • Captain Jack Grady Wilson Cooper, ’39, pilot of a B-24 Liberator in the U.S. Army Air Corps, who was lost over the English Channel during Operation Overlord

KOREAN WAR (1950–53)

  • First Lieutenant George Griffin Greenwell, ’45, U.S Air Force pilot, whose RB-26C Invader was downed after enemy attack

VIETNAM WAR (1954–73)

  • First Lieutenant Henry Gerald Mundt II, ’64, who piloted a F-4C Phantom II in the U.S. Air Force, went missing after ejecting over Laos
  • Major Murray Lamar Wortham, ’65, who piloted a F-4C Phantom II in the U.S. Air Force, crashed during a night strike run over Laos

 

For more information about this exhibition or Museum Studies at Texas A&M, contact Dr. Katie Custer Bojakowski at [email protected].

 

Faculty Advisors:

  • Dr. Katie Custer Bojakowski, Anthropology
  • Dr. Erika Bravo, History

Student Curators:

  • Lily Dempsey, Anthropology
  • Rafael Montemayor, Anthropology
Fern Sumpter Winbush headshot

Keynote Speaker and Opening Reception

Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025

4 p.m. | MSC 1400
Keynote Speaker, Mrs. Fern Sumpter Winbush, Principal Deputy Director, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

5:15 p.m. | Forsyth Galleries, MSC 2428
Reception and Exhibition Opening

Symposium

Honoring Service, Finding Answers: Conflict Archaeology and Military History

Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025

8:45 a.m.–4:45 p.m. | Melbern G. Glasscock, 311

Presentations by faculty and students around the topics of technology, working in the field, innovation and student research.

Learn more about the symposium at: TX.AG/POWMIASymposium