State Heroes
World War II
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.
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
1944
Corporal Ruben F. Welk
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 421st Base Unit
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 4th Air Force
Date of Loss: December 22, 1944 / Age: 19
On December 22, 1944 he was on the crew of the B-24J Liberator #44-40523 when they departed from Muroc Field in California during a routine training flight. They crashed and exploded during a snowstorm on Mount Gleason north of Glendale, California
1941
Radioman 2c Floyd Arthur Wells
Cavalier, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Arizona
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 24
Died while in MIA status after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Remains identified in 2020. returned to North Dakota September 2020.
1943
Pvt. Herman A. Wendt
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 10, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
PFC Krist Wentz
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 31st Tank Battalion, 7th Armored Division
Date of Loss: October 30, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Belgium.
1944
Private John J. Wentz
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 22, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Metz, France