State Heroes

Sergeant Adolph C. Gerzewski

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:100th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 09, 1945 / Age: 33

Killed in action in Heilbronn, Germany

Technical Sergeant Emory J. Anderson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 05, 1945 / Age: 24

died of wounds 5 Mar 45 Leyte

Corporal John M. Northrop

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: August 12, 1945 / Age: 23

Died in service in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Private First Class Clifford S. Speten

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:94th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 19, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action near Luxembourg.

Sergeant Marvin C. Heiden

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:42nd Tank Battalion

Date of Loss: February 06, 1945 / Age: 23

Died in a POW camp in Germany 

First Lieutenant Paul W. Wittenberger

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 09, 1945 / Age: 26

Died in service in the Philippine Islands

Technical Sergeant Anton Mack

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 15, 1945 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Germany

Private First Class Milton A. Sherwin

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 24, 1945 / Age: 19

Killed in action crossing the Rhine River into Germany. 

Private James G. Fair

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:83rd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 11, 1945 / Age: 27

Killed in action in Belgium

Technical Sergeant Glenn W. Steen

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:550th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion

Date of Loss: July 13, 1945 / Age: 25

Died in service in Glasgow, Scotland

Staff Sergeant Howard M. Murray

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:612th Bomb Squadron

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:8th Air Force

Date of Loss: March 24, 1945 / Age: 19

S/Sgt. Murray's plane, I'll Be Seeing You, crashed returning to England after a bombing mission.

Technician Fifth Class Stanley C. White

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:631st Field Artillery Battalion

Date of Loss: May 02, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action near Italy.

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

Private First Class Joseph E. Lautz

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:70th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: February 18, 1945 / Age: 29

Killed in action in France

Private First Class William J. Fischer

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:40th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 19, 1945 / Age: 31

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Private First Class Clifford L. Larson

Bottineau, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:35th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 16, 1945 / Age: 25

Killed in action in Germany