State Heroes

Staff Sergeant Donald E. Woodwick

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 729th AAF Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: December 04, 1944 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Germany

Corporal William M. Wooldridge

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 46th Squadron, 317th Troop Carrier Group

Date of Loss: April 08, 1943 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Sergeant Clarence B. Workman

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 55th Armed Infantry Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 11th Armored Division

Date of Loss: March 11, 1945 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Germany

Staff Sergeant Stanley G. Workman

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 410th Bomber Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 94th Bomber Group

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 8th Air Force

Date of Loss: April 18, 1944 / Age: 20

Ball turret gunner, 24 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Barnewitz in B-17 42-31650 'Impatient Virgin'; Shot down, crashed Bergedamm, four miles W of Nauen, Germany, 18-Apr-44

Technician 5th Grade Leone R. Wralstad

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 07, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Burma

Machinist's Mate 3c Nathan E. Wright

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: January 30, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Sergeant Robert W. Wright

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 24, 1943 / Age: 22

Died in service in Salina, Kansas

Aviation Radioman Curtis L. Wright Jr.

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Yorktown

Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Yap Island

Private First Class Victor R. Wuertz

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 158th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: April 23, 1945 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Luzon, Philippine Islands

Private First Class Gilbert E. Wulff

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 105th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 27th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 22, 1945 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Okinawa

2nd Lieutenant Harry E. Wylie

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: September 10, 1942 / Age: 24

Died in service in the Canal Zone

Private First Class Clarion C. Wysocki

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 754th Field Artillery Battalion

Date of Loss: February 25, 1945 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Germany

Seaman 1c Lawrence A. Yanish

Buffalo, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: April 13, 1946 / Age: 22

Died while in MIA status. Declared MIA after an attack by Japanese planes on the USS Lindsey, near Mae Shima, southwest of Okinawa. Approximately one-third of the ship was blown away or torn and wrecked.

Private Paul J. Yankton

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 29, 1944 / Age: 22

Died in Service 29 November 1944. France

Private First Class Harvey L. Yokom

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: November 07, 1942 / Age: 28

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands