State Heroes
1918
Edward Nicholas Weber
St. Martin, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 58th Infantry
Date of Loss: May 23, 1918 / Age: 22
Killed in action on May 23, 1918, in sinking of Moldavia.
Buried in the British Channel.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1943
Captain Walter W. Webster
World War I, World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: March 16, 1943 / Age: 54
Died in service in Chester, Pennsylvania
1943
Captain Walter W. Webster
World War I, World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: March 16, 1943 / Age: 54
Died in service in Chester, Pennsylvania
1944
Cpl. Garner Douglas Webster
Mercer, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 1035 Sig CO
Date of Loss: September 04, 1944 / Age: 22
Died in Service. Non-Combat Jeep accident on 4 September 1944 in Italy. European African Middle Eastern Theater.
1945
Sgt. Lloyd J. Wedwick
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 24, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Luxembourg.
1919
Pvt.1st Class Lewis D. Weeks
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 220th Company, Military Police Corps, Aviation Section, Production Center No. 2
Date of Loss: February 06, 1919 / Age: 21
Died of accidental shot, on Feb. 6, 1919.
Buried, Feb. 7, 1919, in Grave 50, Cemetery 159, Romorantin, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 17, 1920, and consigned to Lewis J. Weeks, Prole, Iowa. (place of burial not given).
1942
Private First Class John R. Weigel
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 22, 1942 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1944
Private Ervin Weil
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 329th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 83rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 16, 1944 / Age: 19
Died in service in Luxembourg
1943
2nd Lieutenant James E. Weiler
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 17, 1943 / Age: 23
Died in service in Louisiana
1945
Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Paul E. Weiler
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: June 11, 1945 / Age: 23
Killed in action in the Philippine Islands
1944
Private First Class Lyle O. Weinreis
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 60th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 9th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in France
1945
Captain William R. Weir
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 387th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 97th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 15, 1945 / Age: 33
He was killed after he had thrown a hand grenade into a German tank which was on the main road to the town of Nuttum ... A nearby German soldier shot the Captain as he turned away from the flaming tank.
1945
Private Clarence F. Weiss
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: June 20, 1945 / Age: 23
Died in service in Okinawa
1943
Ship's Cook 3c Jalmer Edwin Weitala
Guelph, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: December 26, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1942
1st Lieutenant Frank G. Welch
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 20, 1942 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands