State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1945
Sergeant Allan L. Maxwell
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Fourth Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 06, 1945 / Age: 25
Killed in action near Belgium.
1945
Technician Fifth Grade Leonard B. Kjelland
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:36th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
Date of Loss: April 08, 1945 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Europe.
1945
Private First Class Arnie L. Thompson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:10th Mountain Division
Date of Loss: March 03, 1945 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Italy.
1945
Private Charles W. Hansen
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 352 Nd. Qm. Rhd. Co.
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:A/S Infantry Co B 359th Infantry
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Division
Date of Loss: January 10, 1945 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Luxembourg
1945
Lieutenant Commander Leonard J. Check
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Hancock
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Fighting Squadron 7
Date of Loss: January 04, 1945 / Age: 33
Leonard Check became a World War II ACE credited with shooting down TWELVE enemy aircraft. He was lost in January 1945, after a mid-air collision with his wingman over Luzon, Philippine Islands.
1945
Hospital Apprentice One Carl H. Albrecht
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Fourth Medical Battalion
Date of Loss: March 06, 1945 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Iwo Jima
1945
Private Orman J. Bofamy
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:30th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 25, 1945 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Germany
1945
Private Wayne E. Mack
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:82nd Airborne Division
Date of Loss: January 04, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in a paratrooper action during the Battle of the Bulge.
1945
Technician Fifth Grade Alvin E. Anderson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:776th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: May 14, 1945 / Age: 33
Killed in action May 14, 1945, in France
1945
Technician Fifth Class Alfred Rawn
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:4th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
Date of Loss: March 02, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Belgium.
1945
Staff Sergeant Ralph G. Evenson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:96th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 09, 1945 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Okinawa
1945
Private Everett N. Peterson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:77th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 16, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in combat against the Japanese Army on the small Island of le Shima.
1945
Corporal Morley F. Newton
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 13, 1945 / Age: 20
Died in service in Europe
1945
Private First Class William T. McMahon
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:65th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 04, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Germany
1945
Staff Sergeant Otto J. Dockter
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:80th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 14, 1945 / Age: 24
Killed in action near Luxembourg.
1945
Private First Class Arthur A. Morrison
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 16, 1945 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Luzon, Philippine Islands