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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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