State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1945
Private First Class John A. Murphy
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:5th Marine Division
Date of Loss: February 23, 1945 / Age: 19
Died in service in Iwo Jima
1945
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
1945
Private Ronald W. Hagen
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 04, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Luxembourg
1945
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
1945
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
1945
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.
1945
Private Russell E. Dolan
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 03, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Germany
1945
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
1945
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.
1945
Private First Class Robert L. Aas
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:76th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 08, 1945 / Age: 19
Died in service in Germany
1945
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
1945
Private First Class Alexander H. Hamilton
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 09, 1945 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Czechoslovakia
1945
Sergeant Lawrence A. Zierke
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:95th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 11, 1945 / Age: 31
He died at an English hospital at the age of 31 from injuries sustained during WWII in France.
1945
Private Leslie G. Hartley
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: May 09, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in action on Okinawa Island
1945
Private First Class Steve L. Sivak
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:40th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 01, 1945 / Age: 33
Died in service in the Philippine Islands
1945
Private First Class Martin J. Millner
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 13, 1945 / Age: 37
Died in service in Oahu, Hawaii