State Heroes

Private First Class Francis J. Mozinski

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 26, 1945 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Zamami Shima, Ryukyu Islands

First Lieutenant Gerald A. Burgess

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:41st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 22, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action near the Philippines.

Corporal Fred R. Melnick

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: February 09, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Private First Class Frederic T. Fox

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:96th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: May 17, 1945 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Okinawa

Private First Class Alvin Leonard Bernhoft

Hensel, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:164th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: February 28, 1945 / Age: 28

Joined the 164th Regt., U. S. Army, Apr. 22, 1941. He saw service at Louisiana, Aust­ralia, New Caledonia, Fiji Islands, Guad­alcanal, Bougainville and the Philippine Islands. He lost his life Feb. 28, 1945, dur­ing heavy action on Leyte. 

Staff Sergeant Gilbert F. Van Keuren

Jamestown, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: April 10, 1945 / Age: 28

Killed in action in the Netherlands.

Private First Class Glenn O. Hagen

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 15, 1945 / Age: 29

Killed in action in Brandenburg, Germany

Private Joseph H. Hartinger

Curlew Township, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:28th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 08, 1945 / Age: 30

Killed in action near Belgium.

Private Lawrence A. Possibuon

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Marine Corps - SS

Date of Loss: June 02, 1945 / Age: 19

Died in service on Parris Island, South Carolina

Staff Sergeant Philip J. Dockter

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division

Date of Loss: February 27, 1945 / Age: 25

Killed in action in the Philippines

Second Lieutenant Harvey L. Kivi

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 24, 1945 / Age: 23

Died in service in Akron, Colorado

Private First Class George R. McGregor

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Sixth Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 28, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Private First Class Frank R. Friedbauer

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:6th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: January 15, 1945 / Age: 37

Killed in action in Luzon, Philippine Islands

Private First Class Homer J. Latendresse

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 20, 1945 / Age: 36

Killed in action in Negros, Philippine Islands

Technician Fourth Class John C. Knight

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:899th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Date of Loss: March 12, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action near Belgium.

Private First Class Paul B. Dyer

Economy Township, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:104th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 23, 1945 / Age: 36

Killed in action near Belgium.