State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1945
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
1945
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.
1945
Private Ernest N. Boisjolie
Wild Rice, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:41st Infantry Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Second Armored Division
Date of Loss: April 01, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in action in the Netherlands.
1945
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
1945
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
1945
Private First Class Hilman T. Thompson
Ray, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:35th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 09, 1945 / Age: 30
Killed in action near Luxembourg.
1945
Private First Class Alexander H. Hamilton
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 09, 1945 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Czechoslovakia
1945
Sergeant Alvin E. Rustad
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Headquarters Squadron
Date of Loss: September 14, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1945
Private First Class Edward H. Nulle
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: March 03, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in Leyte Philippines.
Name included on ND All veterans memorial in Bismarck ND. Name listed as Logan County Veteran.
1945
Sergeant Lawrence A. Zierke
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:95th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 11, 1945 / Age: 31
He died at an English hospital at the age of 31 from injuries sustained during WWII in France.
1945
Staff Sergeant Jasper Aaser
Hamlin, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 10, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action East of Bastogne, Ardennes, Belgium.
1945
Private Leslie G. Hartley
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: May 09, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in action on Okinawa Island
1945
Private First Class Steve L. Sivak
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:40th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 01, 1945 / Age: 33
Died in service in the Philippine Islands
1945
Private First Class Martin J. Millner
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 13, 1945 / Age: 37
Died in service in Oahu, Hawaii
1945
Private First Class James H. Magoris
Larimore, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:94th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 09, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Luxembourg.
1945
Staff Sergeant Jasper N. Wonser
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:32nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 26, 1945 / Age: 24
Killed in action in the Philippines.