World War II
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Stutsman
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
338th Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade:
96th Bomber Group, Heavy
Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968
Major Battle/Theatre:
European African Middle Eastern Theater
Medals and Honors:
Circumstances:
Killed in action in a plane that crashed in the Baltic Sea, about 55 miles E of Sassnitz. The cause of the crash was enemy aircraft.
Biography:
born Skogmo, NDak 12 Mar 15; resident Stutsman County, NDak; entered AUG Ft Snelling, Minn 6 Nov 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 11 Apr 44 Baltic Sea; remains not recovered; memorialized in the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, England