State Heroes Total:
3943
Service Branch

World War II (WWII)

Glenn H. Oliver photo 1945

First Lieutenant Glenn H. Oliver

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:75th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 04, 1945 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Epinal, France

John M. Davenport photo 1945

Ensign John M. Davenport

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: September 05, 1945 / Age: 22

Died in service in South of Oceana, Va

Fredrick A. Trauman photo 1945

Private Fredrick A. Trauman

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:62nd Armed Infantry Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:14th Armored Division

Date of Loss: January 01, 1945 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Europe

George A. Nielson photo 1945

Sergeant George A. Nielson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Killed in action in Germany

Pius G. Kuntz photo 1945

Second Lieutenant Pius G. Kuntz

World War II (WWII)

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.

Harold M. Olson photo 1945

Private Harold M. Olson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: May 07, 1945 / Age: 18

Killed in action in Okinawa

Louis J. Des Forges photo 1945

Private First Class Louis J. Des Forges

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: March 14, 1945 / Age: 20

Killed in action on Iwo Jima, Volcano Island

Murl S. Roush photo 1945

Sergeant Murl S. Roush

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 06, 1945 / Age: 36

Killed in action in Germany

Robert Arnold  Bergman photo 1945

Technical Sergeant Robert A. Bergman

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:317th Infantry

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:80th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 10, 1945 / Age: 25

Killed in action in Germany

Stanley O. Olson photo 1945

Private Stanley O. Olson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 06, 1945 / Age: 18

Killed in action in Germany

Elmer  Dockter photo 1945

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

Louis F. Murphy photo 1945

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

Ervin H. Rybnicek photo 1945

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

Russell D. Mikkelson photo 1945

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

Christian J. Domeier photo 1945

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

Allen Herman George Stein photo 1945

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