State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1945
Private First Class Carroll G. Christenson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Fifth Division
Date of Loss: March 08, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in Action in Iwo Jima
1945
Sergeant Lionel A. Tetzloff
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:859th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: February 09, 1945 / Age: 25
On February 9, 1945 he was on the crew of the B-24 Liberator #42-7563 during a mission to drop supplies to partisans fighting the Nazis in Yugoslavia. Their aircraft exploded in mid-air as they crossed the Adriatic coast over present day Croatia.
1945
Technician Third Grade John T. Johnson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Detachment
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:99th Infantry Battalion
Date of Loss: January 07, 1945 / Age: 37
Killed in action in Belgium
1945
Colonel Orin D. Haugen
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:11th Airborne Division
Date of Loss: February 22, 1945 / Age: 37
Colonel Haugen was in Parañaque when he was hit by a fragment from a 20mm anti-aircraft shell that the Japanese were firing at his troops.
1945
Private First Class James E. Balerud
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:87th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 23, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in Belgium.
1945
Private Norman J. Skubinna
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 12, 1945 / Age: 22
Died in service as a POW in Japan
1945
Private Alvin E. Moe
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 16, 1945 / Age: 25
Died in service in Topeka, Kansas
1945
Staff Sergeant Marvin L. Ringoen
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:63rd Armored Infantry Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:11th Armored Division
Date of Loss: March 10, 1945 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Germany
1945
Private First Class Louis W. Kram
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:37th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 23, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Staff Sergeant Douglas W. Thompson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: May 04, 1945 / Age: 24
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Second Lieutenant Ralph L. Kankovsky
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:37th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 11, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Staff Sergeant Daniel H. Sullivan
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:11th Tank Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:10th Armored Division
Date of Loss: April 02, 1945 / Age: 25
Killed in action near France.
1945
Private First Class William H. Nelson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:37th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 01, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Private Elmer E. Wolford
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:589th Field Artillery Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:106th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 12, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1945
Staff Sergeant Sindey E. Ambroson
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 23, 1945 / Age: 26
Killed in action 23 Mar 45 in Luzon
1945
First Lieutenant William H. Magill Jr.
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 31, 1945 / Age: 26
Died on 31 January 1945 on board a rescue ship. Was a soldier of the Bataan Death March.
Buried at Riverside Cemetery Fargo ND
Name is included on the All Veterans Memorial at the ND Capitol grounds in Bismarck ND.