State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
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
1945
Private First Class Joseph C. Nush
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:60th Infantry Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Nineth Armored Division
Date of Loss: March 05, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Belgium.
1945
Sergeant Edwin C. Ziemann
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:37th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: February 15, 1945 / Age: 29
Died in service in Luzon, Philippine Islands
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
1945
Private First Class Walter Keierleber
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:80th Field Artillery Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:6th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 07, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
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
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.
1945
Flight Officer Hubert H. Goebel
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 23rd Bomber Squadron, 5th Bomber Group, Heavy
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:23rd Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: January 28, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
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
1945
Staff Sergeant Edmund F. Mahowald
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: February 20, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Private Lloyd J. Amoit
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Fleet Marine Force Pacific, 5th Marine Division, Unit 27th Replacement Draft
Date of Loss: March 14, 1945 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Iwo Jima
1945
Seaman First Class Lowell D. Johnson
Ruso, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: April 05, 1945 / Age: 19
Died while in MIA status.
1945
Private First Class Robert J. Collins
Eden Township, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:103rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 06, 1945 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Germany.
1945
Fire Controlman Second Class Saunder M. Bolstad
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: May 05, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Asiatic Theater
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
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