State Heroes

Staff Sergeant Irvin C. Ellingson

Dahlen, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:878th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: May 26, 1945 / Age: 25

Died while in MIA status.

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Sergeant John D. Divers Jr.

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division

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

Killed in action in Leyte

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

Captain James K. Brewer

Colfax, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: "Combat Command ""B""

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Nineth Armored Division

Date of Loss: April 12, 1945 / Age: 28

Killed in action in the Netherlands.

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 Alvin P. Anderson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: January 08, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action, buried at Luxembourg American Cemetery.

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

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 First Class Henry D. Dorner

Kunze Township, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:43rd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: June 20, 1945 / Age: 19

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Technician Fourth Grade Leander W. Ege

Chalky Butte, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:813th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Date of Loss: August 06, 1945 / Age: 27

Killed in action Wels, Austria.

First Lieutenant Bertram E. Olson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: January 05, 1945 / Age: 29

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

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.