FALLEN
World War II
1945
Staff Sergeant Ernest F. Knutson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:358th Air Baser Squadron Army Corps
Date of Loss: March 13, 1945 / Age: 23
Died in service in Blythe, California
1945
2nd Lieutenant William O. Ward
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:361st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: April 19, 1945 / Age: 34
Killed in action in Okinawa
1945
Technician 5th Grade Mark E. De Mots
Minot, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:56th Signal Air Warning Battalion
Date of Loss: July 30, 1945 / Age: 22
Killed in action near France.
1945
Private First Class Francis Irwin
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H
Date of Loss: May 13, 1945 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Luzon, Philippine Islands
1945
Private First Class Clinton A. Albus
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 30, 1945 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Philippines
1945
Private Roy F. Patzner
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 02, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Germany
1945
Staff Sergeant Daniel H. Sullivan
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:11th Tank Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:10th Armored Division
Date of Loss: April 02, 1945 / Age: 25
Killed in action near France.
1945
Private First Class Robert B. Miner
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:66th Armored Infantry Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:12th Armored Division
Date of Loss: March 21, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Germany
1945
PFC Sidney Aamodt
Hamar, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 355th Infantry Regiment, 89th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 16, 1945 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.
1945
Captain Maurice A. Strand
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:28th AAF Fighter Squadron
Date of Loss: January 03, 1945 / Age: 28
Killed in action in China
1945
Private First Class Donald W. Nelson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 13, 1945 / Age: 26
Died in service in Tyndall Field, Florida
1945
PFC William H. Nelson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 129th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 01, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Private First Class Timothy E. Kotaska
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 05, 1945 / Age: 30
Died as a Prisoner Of War at Bad Soden-Salmunster Hospital (Serves Stalag 9-B) Bad Soden Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-09
1945
1st Lt. William M. MacDonald
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 253rd Infantry Regiment, 63rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 19, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in Germany. When the command post of his company had become surrounded by the enemy, Lt. MacDonald organized two squads from another unit and attacked their flank.
1945
1LT William H. Magill Jr.
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 31, 1945 / Age: 26
Died on 31 January 1945 on board a rescue ship. Was a soldier of the Bataan Death March.
Buried at Riverside Cemetery Fargo ND
Name is included on the All Veterans Memorial at the ND Capitol grounds in Bismarck ND.