State Heroes
World War II
1945
PFC William J. Van De Hoven
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 30, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1942
Private Harold R. Van Hoof
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 161st Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 27, 1942 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Hawaii
1945
Staff Sgt. Gilbert F. Van Keuren
Jamestown, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 813th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: April 10, 1945 / Age: 28
Killed in action in the Netherlands.
1942
1st Lt. Clarence Edward Van Ray
Valley City, NDBranch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: May 06, 1942 / Age:
Was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his death while still in captivity.
1945
1st Lt. Clarence E. Van Ray
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Marine Corps
Date of Loss: January 28, 1945 / Age:
Died in a POW camp.
1942
2nd Lieutenant Martin O. Vangsness
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 13, 1942 / Age: 22
He died in service when a big army bomber he was on crashed near the Colombia air base in South Carolina.
1945
Private Philander E. Vannatta
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 18, 1945 / Age: 27
Died in service in Ft. Knox, Kentucky
1944
1st Lieutenant Erling J. Varland
World War II
Date of Loss: November 24, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands
1944
Cpl. Theodore Albert Vasicek
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Tr A 4th Calvary Recon Sq
Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age:
Captured by German Forces while on Combat Patrol 27 July 1944.
Wounded In Action France 27 July 1944.
1944
Private Ross R. Veach
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 05, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Private William Vedaa
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 26, 1944 / Age: 35
Died in service in the Mediterranean Area
1944
Private First Class Sherman I. Vee
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 306th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 77th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 21, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in combat in the drive into Ormac Valley in the Battle of Leyte Island.
1944
Private First Class Clayton E. Verke
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 361st Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 91st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Italy
1944
Technician 5th Grade Benjamin Verworn
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 755th Field Artillery Battalion
Date of Loss: September 13, 1944 / Age: 21
Died in service in Travistock, England
1942
2LT Carl E. Vettel
Caledonia, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: November 21, 1942 / Age: 23
KIA while leading a patrol west of the Matanikau River in the Point Cruz pocket November 21st, he was killed as he threw a hand grenade at an enemy machine gun nest.