State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1945
Storekeeper Third Class Charles B. Robinson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: May 04, 1945 / Age: 28
Died in service in Okinawa
1945
Private First Class Leonard Kriz
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 09, 1945 / Age: 29
Killed in action in Germany
1945
Private First Class Norris G. Gorder
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: February 26, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Iwo Jima
1945
Sergeant Alfred R. Oksendahl
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:4th Marine Division
Date of Loss: March 07, 1945 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Iwo Jima
1945
Sergeant James F. McGrath
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 03, 1945 / Age: 26
Sergeant McGrath perished in the crash of U.S. Army Air Corps B-24J Liberator #42-78538, 10 miles north of Weiser, Idaho.
1945
Technician Fourth Grade Douglas O. Sollom
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 20, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Germany
1945
Private First Class Charles V. Moran
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 28, 1945 / Age: 23
Died in service in Poplar, Montana
1945
Technical Sergeant Loran R. Kargel
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 14, 1945 / Age: 23
Technical Sergeant Kargel was one of thirteen airmen killed when U.S. Army Air Corps B-29 Superfortress #44-86329 crashed while landing at Kirtland Army Airfield, near Albuquerque, New Mexico.
1945
Aviation Cadet Robert F. Rohs
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: April 15, 1945 / Age: 23
Died in service in a plane crash 18 miles north of Pensacola, Florida.
1945
Private First Class Loren M. Baker
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 11, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in action 11 May 45 Okinawa
1945
Captain Robert B. Holmes
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: P-51 44-63214
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:82nd Fighter Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:8th Air Force
Date of Loss: April 16, 1945 / Age: 24
Killed in action when he was flying a mission to strafe enemy airfields in the present-day Czech Republic. After strafing two airfields heading towards the third, his plane was hit by flak, and he crashed and was killed near Prague
1945
Gunner's Mate 2nd Class William Keller
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: February 05, 1945 / Age: 24
Died in service in Brooklyn, New York
1945
Sergeant Arthur B. Rossland
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:776th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: March 19, 1945 / Age: 34
Killed in action in Germany
1945
Private First Class Adelard L. La Coste
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 06, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Germany
1945
Private Glenn E. Hover
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 21, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Shima, Ryukyus Island
1945
Corporal Carsten G. Lorntson
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 04, 1945 / Age: 28
Died in service in Indio, California