State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1945
Private First Class Oscar H. Swenson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 03, 1945 / Age: 32
Died in service in Italy
1945
Private First Class Harlan W. Sorenson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 26, 1945 / Age: 21
Died in service in Springfield, Missouri due to wounds from a Japanese bullet.
1945
Private First Class Stanley H. Keller
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:5th Marine Division
Date of Loss: February 19, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Iwo Jima
1945
Private Clement W. Lack
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: May 02, 1945 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Okinawa
1945
Private First Class Edward W. Wallmann
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:37th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 30, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Electrician's Mate Third Class John A. Barrow
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: April 12, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Okinawa
1945
Staff Sergeant Gerhard R. Lund
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:17th Airborne Division
Date of Loss: March 28, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Germany
1945
Private First Class John H. Bustin
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1345 Army Air Force Base Unit
Date of Loss: May 10, 1945 / Age: 24
Died in service in Msinching, China
1945
Private Vernon R. Seabrook
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 13, 1945 / Age: 24
A shell hit his whole company and they were buried there in one grave with their names on a large grave site memorial. They were in Okinawa when it happened.
1945
Sergeant Howard J. Erb
Garrison, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 04, 1945 / Age: 31
Killed in action near France.
1945
Private First Class Robert J. De Vol
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Marines' Fourth Division
Date of Loss: February 19, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in Action in Iwo Jima
1945
Private First Class Francis J. Mozinski
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 26, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Zamami Shima, Ryukyu Islands
1945
Corporal Fred R. Melnick
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: February 09, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Private First Class Frederic T. Fox
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:96th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 17, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Okinawa
1945
Private First Class Alvin Leonard Bernhoft
Hensel, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:164th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: February 28, 1945 / Age: 28
Joined the 164th Regt., U. S. Army, Apr. 22, 1941. He saw service at Louisiana, Australia, New Caledonia, Fiji Islands, Guadalcanal, Bougainville and the Philippine Islands. He lost his life Feb. 28, 1945, during heavy action on Leyte.
1945
Staff Sergeant Gilbert F. Van Keuren
Jamestown, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:813th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: April 10, 1945 / Age: 28
Killed in action in the Netherlands.