State Heroes

Sergeant Gregory F. Boehm

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:66th Infantry Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:12th Armored Division

Date of Loss: January 16, 1945 / Age: 22

Killed in action in France.

Technician Fifth Grade Mark E. De Mots

Minot, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:56th Signal Air Warning Battalion

Date of Loss: July 30, 1945 / Age: 22

Killed in action near France.

Private First Class Sidney Aamodt

Hamar, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:89th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 16, 1945 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.

Private First Class Elmer Dockter

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 09, 1945 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Okinawa

Captain Louis F. Murphy

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: February 05, 1945 / Age: 27

Died in service in the POW Fukuoka Camp in Japan

Second Lieutenant Ervin H. Rybnicek

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:363rd Field Artillery Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:96th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 02, 1945 / Age: 27

Killed in action in Okinawa

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.

Private First Class Russell D. Mikkelson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Died in service in Luzon, Philippine Islands

Private Christian J. Domeier

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: March 14, 1945 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Iwo Jima

Private First Class Allen G. Stein

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: June 15, 1945 / Age: 19

Killed in action in Okinawa

Staff Sergeant Harvey M. Reiquam

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Killed in action in Kamenz, Germany

Aviation Radioman Third Class Paul B. Klamm

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Bombing Squadron 97

Date of Loss: July 29, 1945 / Age: 19

Died in service in Albermarle Sound, North Carolina 

Staff Sergeant Kenneth I. Wagner

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Nineth Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 03, 1945 / Age: 30

Killed in action in Germany

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

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.

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.