 First Lieutenant Donald K. Skillicorn KIA
First Lieutenant Donald H. Stout, Jr. KIA
First Lieutenant Duane A. Dahquist KIA
Second Lieutenant Emerald E. Wolverton KIA
Second Lieutenant Raymond Schroeder KIA

VMF-422 was reconstituted after the disaster under the command of Major Elmer Wrenn with Jeans remaining as Executive Officer.By April 1944 the squadron was flying out of Engebi in Eniwetok Atoll on interdiction missions against 
Japanese Bases and shipping in the 
Marshall Islands.The Buccaneers hosted Charles Lindbergh during his short time in the region in September and he accompanied them on three strike missions to Wotje Island.