State Heroes

Private First Class Allen M. Sawyer

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Mp Hg

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 157th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 35th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 14, 1945 / Age: 38

Killed in action in Dolle, Germany

1st Lieutenant Kenneth Saxhaug

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 18th Army Air Force Fighter Squadron

Date of Loss: March 02, 1943 / Age: 22

Airplane crash in the Aleutians.

Pvt. Louis Carl Sayer

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: May 28, 1918 / Age: 26

Died, May 28, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 12, Row 12, Block C, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Private Fred Beecher Sayre

Traill County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 21st Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 24th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 27, 1951 / Age:

He was captured during the Korean War and interned as a Prisoner of War. He was not among those returned at the wars end, and is listed as Missing in Action. His remains have never been recovered.

Staff Sergeant Andrew J. Schaaf

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 359th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 90th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 04, 1944 / Age: 27

Killed in action in Normandy, France

Chief Commissaryman Emil Schadler

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Meredith

Date of Loss: October 15, 1942 / Age: 30

One of 186 crew members Killed In Action in the sinking of the destroyer U.S.S. Meredith (DD-434) by Japanese aircraft from the carrier Zuikaku while the ship was enroute from Espiritu Santo to Guadalcanal with supplies

Sgt. Francis W. Schaefer

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 129th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 29, 1943 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Reinhold D. Schaefer

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 362nd Infantry

Date of Loss: October 31, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action at Stenburg, Belgium, on Oct. 31, 1918.

Buried in Grave 6, Row 3, Block B, Flanders Field American Cemetery, Waereghem, Belgium.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

PFC Leo F. Schafer

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: June 09, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Private Edward Schafer

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 24, 1952 / Age: 23

Died in service in Lebanon, Missouri

Pvt. Adam Schaff

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 21, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Private First Class George Schaff

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 23rd Infantry Regiment, A/S Inf

Date of Loss: January 20, 1945 / Age: 29

Died in service in Belgium.

Private First Class Frank A. Schan

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 2nd Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 5th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: September 12, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in France

Pvt. Frank Lucas Schanilec

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 40th Field Artillery

Date of Loss: August 09, 1919 / Age: 23

Died at Dunseith, N. Dak., on Aug. 9, 1919.

Buried at Vesleyville, N. Dak.