State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1945
Storekeeper Third Class Charles B. Robinson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: May 04, 1945 / Age: 28
Died in service in Okinawa
1945
Private First Class Leonard Kriz
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 09, 1945 / Age: 29
Killed in action in Germany
1945
Technician Fifth Class Stanley C. White
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:631st Field Artillery Battalion
Date of Loss: May 02, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1945
Private First Class Norris G. Gorder
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: February 26, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Iwo Jima
1945
Sergeant Alfred R. Oksendahl
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:4th Marine Division
Date of Loss: March 07, 1945 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Iwo Jima
1945
Sergeant James F. McGrath
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 03, 1945 / Age: 26
Sergeant McGrath perished in the crash of U.S. Army Air Corps B-24J Liberator #42-78538, 10 miles north of Weiser, Idaho.
1945
Private First Class William J. Fischer
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:40th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 19, 1945 / Age: 31
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Technician Fourth Grade Douglas O. Sollom
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 20, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Germany
1945
Private First Class Charles V. Moran
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 28, 1945 / Age: 23
Died in service in Poplar, Montana
1945
Technical Sergeant Loran R. Kargel
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 14, 1945 / Age: 23
Technical Sergeant Kargel was one of thirteen airmen killed when U.S. Army Air Corps B-29 Superfortress #44-86329 crashed while landing at Kirtland Army Airfield, near Albuquerque, New Mexico.
1945
Aviation Cadet Robert F. Rohs
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: April 15, 1945 / Age: 23
Died in service in a plane crash 18 miles north of Pensacola, Florida.
1945
Private First Class Clifford L. Larson
Bottineau, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:35th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 16, 1945 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Germany
1945
Sergeant Lloyd J. Wedwick
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 24, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Luxembourg.
1945
Private First Class Loren M. Baker
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 11, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in action 11 May 45 Okinawa
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
Corporal Carsten G. Lorntson
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 04, 1945 / Age: 28
Died in service in Indio, California