FALLEN
World War II
1945
Private First Class Lester A. Erickson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 24, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in action on Mindanao Island
1945
Private First Class Wallace J. Gillespie
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 30, 1945 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Germany
1945
Private First Class Edwin E. Krukenberg
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 18, 1945 / Age: 22
Died in service in France
1945
2nd Lieutenant Jack M. Oland
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 02, 1945 / Age: 26
Died while in service in a car accident in Richmond, Virgina
1945
Staff Sergeant Andrew F. Babinski
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:96th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 11, 1945 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Okinawa Island
1945
Technician 4th Grade Joseph D. Morgan
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 19, 1945 / Age: 26
Died in service in Germany
1945
Corporal John R. Kellar
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 10, 1945 / Age: 39
Cpl. John R. Kellar, stationed at Marana, Arizona, died of a heart ailment.
1945
Private First Class George J. Fisher
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: February 15, 1945 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Luzon
1945
Private First Class Marvin B. Gross
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 30, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Luzon, Philippine Islands
1945
Private First Class Laudie J. Hondl
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:96th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 24, 1945 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Okinawa
1945
Staff Sergeant Allen L. Morsch
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:458th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: May 26, 1945 / Age: 25
B-29 #44-69799 was part of Mission 67. During the night of 13-14 April, 327 B-29's from the XXI BC attacked the Tokyo Arsenel with 2,120 tons of bombs. Seven B-29's are lost including B-29 #44-69799.
1945
Private Morris C. Landsem
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:720th Military Police Battalion
Date of Loss: August 27, 1945 / Age: 24
Died in service in Luzon, Philippine Islands
1945
Corporal Rene S. Foubert
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:5th Marine Division
Date of Loss: March 05, 1945 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Iwo Jima
1945
1st Sergeant Wesley G. Lundwell
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 07, 1945 / Age: 30
Died in service in Honolulu, Hawaii
1945
Corporal Eugene B. Melcher
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 05, 1945 / Age: 23
Died in service in India