FALLEN
World War II
1945
Private First Class Merlin J. Hagen
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:102nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 18, 1945 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Germany
1945
1st Lieutenant Bernard S. Bennison
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: April 15, 1945 / Age: 25
Killed in action over Kawasaki, Japan
1945
Private Harry A. Meyers
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: March 02, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Iwo Jima
1945
PFC Edward F. Hanley
Page, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
Date of Loss: March 30, 1945 / Age: 27
Killed in action near the Netherlands.
1945
Private Boyd A. Maize
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K
Date of Loss: May 31, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Okinawa
1945
PFC Wilford J. Due
Cecil Township, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 129th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 11, 1945 / Age: 29
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
2nd Lt. Emmett P. O'Day
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 106th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
Date of Loss: March 18, 1945 / Age: 33
Killed in action in Germany.
1945
Private First Class Ira L. Walla
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department
Date of Loss: April 28, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Okinawa
1945
Tech. Sgt. Matthias Mastel
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Infantry Regiment, Americal Division
Date of Loss: February 21, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Staff Sergeant Lawrence L. Lee
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-29 #42-24598
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:869th Bomber Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:20th Air Force
Date of Loss: January 09, 1945 / Age: 25
On January 9, 1945, while returning from mission to Musashino Aircraft Factory near Tokyo, came under attack by enemy fighters. The bomber was severely battle damaged, and ditched in the Pacific off the coast of Japan
1945
Lieutenant Charles E. Pagenkopf
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: March 23, 1945 / Age: 29
Died in service in Waurika, Oklahoma in a plane crash
1945
Private First Class James L. Margach
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:305th Infantry
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:77th Division
Date of Loss: January 15, 1945 / Age: 27
Killed in action in the Philippine Islands
1945
Sergeant Lionel A. Tetzloff
World War II
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
PFC Michael P. Gores
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 28, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Pvt. Frederick R. Rodahl
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 395th Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 15, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in Belgium.