State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1945
Private First Class George C. Maze
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 28, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Luzon, Philippine Islands.
1945
Private First Class Jasper H. Thompson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 01, 1945 / Age: 30
Killed in action in Zerf, Germany
1945
Technician Fifth Class Alfred Rawn
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:4th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
Date of Loss: March 02, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Belgium.
1945
Private First Class Hans E. Kramer
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 28, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Southwest Pacific
1945
Private First Class Wallace J. Gillespie
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:38th Infantry
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 30, 1945 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Germany
1945
Captain William R. Weir
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:97th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 15, 1945 / Age: 33
He was killed after he had thrown a hand grenade into a German tank which was on the main road to the town of Nuttum ... A nearby German soldier shot the Captain as he turned away from the flaming tank.
1945
2nd Lieutenant Gordon H. Lindvig
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: April 14, 1945 / Age: 25
Died in service in Cebu, Philippine Islands
1945
Private Claude Grey
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Military Police
Date of Loss: January 10, 1945 / Age: 27
1945
Private Albert C. Peterson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Date of Loss: June 27, 1945 / Age: 19
Died in service in Italy
1945
Private First Class Vincent D. Leuwer
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:37th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 01, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Private First Class Alphonse A. Wilkes
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 25th Reconnaissance Troop
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 04, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Aviation Cadet Robert A. Smith
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 30, 1945 / Age: 20
Died in service in Chandler, Arizona
1945
Lieutenant Junior Grade William W. Fearn
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: February 17, 1945 / Age: 26
Killed in action in the Pacific
1945
Private First Class Ovie H. Syrstad
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 26, 1945 / Age: 29
Died in service in Luzon, Philippine Islands
1945
Corporal Leo A. Forcier
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:42nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 06, 1945 / Age: 26
Killed in action during the Battle of the Bulge in France.
1945
Private First Class Russel C. Nettleton
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:77th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 04, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Okinawa