State Heroes

Private Lee E. Anderson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:106th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 08, 1946 / Age:

Private Anderson was taken prisoner in the vicinity of Schönberg, Belgium on December 21, 1944.

Machinist's Mate Third Class Robert J. Odegaard

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: August 09, 1946 / Age: 25

Died in service in Oakland, California

Private First Class Ervin Allmendinger

Dodge, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:79th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 11, 1945 / Age: 25

Killed in action.

Buried at Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Holland. Plot E Row 2 Grave 12.

Service # 37554609

Staff Sergeant Donavon Blake

Underwood, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:44th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 06, 1945 / Age: 23

Killed in action in France.

Staff Sergeant Bernard L. Coordes

Bismarck, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:914th Field Artillery Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:89th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 20, 1945 / Age: 31

Killed in action near France.

Private Clarence J. Baker

Gackle, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:4th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 05, 1945 / Age: 20

From WWII book:

Private Alfred B. Byrne

Michigan, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:818th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Date of Loss: April 01, 1945 / Age: 35

Killed in action in the Netherlands.

Private First Class Wendell C. Arhart

Fargo, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:9th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 15, 1945 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Belgium

Private First Class Milton A. Sherwin

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 24, 1945 / Age: 19

Killed in action crossing the Rhine River into Germany. 

Technician Fourth Grade Leander W. Ege

Chalky Butte, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:813th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Date of Loss: August 06, 1945 / Age: 27

Killed in action Wels, Austria.

First Lieutenant Bertram E. Olson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 83rd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 05, 1945 / Age: 29

Private Russell E. Dolan

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 03, 1945 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Germany

Technical Sergeant Glenn W. Steen

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:550th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion

Date of Loss: July 13, 1945 / Age: 25

Died in service in Glasgow, Scotland

Staff Sergeant Howard M. Murray

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:612th Bomb Squadron

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

Date of Loss: March 24, 1945 / Age: 19

S/Sgt. Murray's plane, I'll Be Seeing You, crashed returning to England after a bombing mission.

Private First Class Robert L. Aas

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:76th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 08, 1945 / Age: 19

Died in service in Germany

Private First Class Joseph E. Lautz

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:70th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: February 18, 1945 / Age: 29

Killed in action in France