State Heroes Total:
3938
Service Branch

World War II

Robert B. Pfusch photo 1945

1st Lt. Robert B. Pfusch

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division

Date of Loss: March 06, 1945 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Italy. Death caused by wounds received while serving as rifle platoon leader in the mountain group infantry.

John B. Darcy photo 1945

Private First Class John B. Darcy

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: February 23, 1945 / Age: 27

Killed in action in Luzon

Pius G. Kuntz photo 1945

2nd Lieutenant Pius G. Kuntz

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:392nd AAF Fighter Squadron

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:9th Air Force

Date of Loss: March 26, 1945 / Age: 24

On 25 March 1945, flying a P-47D Thunderbolt fighter, Pius was on a dive bombing mission, the target was in Aschaffenburg. He was shot down near Dettingen Germany by enemy flak. The Kuntz family requested the body be returned to North Dakota.

Matt E. Schwab photo 1945

Corporal Matt E. Schwab

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 80th Field Artillery Battalion, 6th Infantry Division

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:80th Field Artillery Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:6th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 20, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

John H. Hooker photo 1945

Private First Class John H. Hooker

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: February 20, 1945 / Age: 35

Killed in action in Luxembourg, Belgium

Arnold M. Krueger photo 1945

Tech. 5c Arnold M. Krueger

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 1896th Engineer Battalion, Aviation

Date of Loss: January 12, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Louis J. Haahr photo 1945

First Lieutenant Louis J. Haahr

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: May 03, 1945 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Philippine Islands

Wesley H. Anderson photo 1945

Staff Sgt. Wesley H. Anderson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Infantry Regiment, Americal Division

Date of Loss: February 14, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action in The Philippines.

Harold D. Ellingson photo 1945

Tech. 4c Harold D. Ellingson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:94th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 20, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action near Italy.

Rodney Brennan photo 1945

R3C Rodney Loyd Brennan

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Ommaney Bay

Date of Loss: January 04, 1945 / Age:

Killed in Action by Japanese Suicide Plan while aboard the USS Ommaney Bay in Asiatic Theatre. (Source: Service Record WWI and WWII Garrison Community ND)

Louis W. Kram photo 1945

PFC Louis W. Kram

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 129th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 23, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Paul B. Klamm photo 1945

Aviation Radioman 3rd Class Paul B. Klamm

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

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

Died in service in Albermarle Sound, North Carolina 

Arnold Reed Dollarhide photo 1945

Private First Class Arnold R. Dollarhide

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:42nd Division

Date of Loss: January 26, 1945 / Age: 23

Killed in action in France

William J. Fullerton photo 1945

Private First Class William J. Fullerton

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 121st Infantry

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:A/S Infantry

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

Date of Loss: April 06, 1945 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Germany

Clayton H. Betting photo 1945

First Lieutenant Clayton H. Betting

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 05, 1945 / Age: 25

Killed in action in Colonge, Germany