State Heroes

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

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. 

Private First Class Glenn O. Hagen

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 15, 1945 / Age: 29

Killed in action in Brandenburg, Germany

Private Lawrence A. Possibuon

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Marine Corps - SS

Date of Loss: June 02, 1945 / Age: 19

Died in service on Parris Island, South Carolina

Staff Sergeant Philip J. Dockter

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division

Date of Loss: February 27, 1945 / Age: 25

Killed in action in the Philippines

Second Lieutenant Harvey L. Kivi

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Died in service in Akron, Colorado

Private First Class Frank R. Friedbauer

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:6th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: January 15, 1945 / Age: 37

Killed in action in Luzon, Philippine Islands

Private First Class Homer J. Latendresse

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 20, 1945 / Age: 36

Killed in action in Negros, Philippine Islands

Private First Class Eugene A. De Bolt

Carrington, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division

Date of Loss: April 16, 1945 / Age: 25

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Corporal Michael A. Drury

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:155th Airborne Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:17th Airborne Division

Date of Loss: January 05, 1945 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Belgium

Corporal Leroy B. Stenberg

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:5th Marine Division

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

Killed in action in Iwo Jima

Private Milton W. Reisenseber

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: May 16, 1945 / Age: 23

Died in service in Germany

Sergeant Clifford A. Myhra

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:870th Bomb Squadron

Date of Loss: February 10, 1945 / Age: 21

B-29 "WEREWOLF" 42-63423 497th Bomb Group, 870th Bomb Squadron Aircraft A-Square-28 hit by fighter on a mission to Tokyo, exploded mid-air 1-27-1945

Radioman 1st Class Leland D. Klein

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: August 13, 1945 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Okinawa

Private Philander E. Vannatta

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: January 18, 1945 / Age: 27

Died in service in Ft. Knox, Kentucky 

Private First Class Victor R. Wuertz

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Killed in action in Luzon, Philippine Islands