FALLEN
World War II
1945
Capt. Melville C. La Force
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 253rd Infantry Regiment, 63rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 04, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1945
Technician Fifth Grade Henry Warcken
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:56th Engineer Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:11th Armored Division
Date of Loss: January 13, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1945
PFC Wendell C. Arhart
Fargo, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 15, 1945 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Belgium
1945
2nd Lt. Donald A. Schollander
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 276th Infantry Regiment, 70th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 10, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1945
Private First Class James J. Kubat
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:257th Engineer Combat Battalion
Date of Loss: April 20, 1945 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Germany
1945
Private First Class Adam Wetch
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:61st Armored Infantry Battalion
Date of Loss: March 31, 1945 / Age: 19
Died in service in Germany
1945
2nd Lieutenant Joseph J. Oleskow
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 12, 1945 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Okinawa
1945
Staff Sergeant Andrew F. Babinski
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:96th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 11, 1945 / Age: 29
Killed in action on Okinawa Island
1945
Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class George F. Schneider
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: July 31, 1945 / Age: 19
Died in service in Hawaii
1945
Private First Class John B. Darcy
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: February 23, 1945 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Luzon
1945
2nd Lieutenant Pius G. Kuntz
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:392nd AAF Fighter Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:9th Air Force
Date of Loss: March 26, 1945 / Age: 24
On 25 March 1945, flying a P-47D Thunderbolt fighter, Pius was on a dive bombing mission, the target was in Aschaffenburg. He was shot down near Dettingen Germany by enemy flak. The Kuntz family requested the body be returned to North Dakota.
1945
Seaman 1st Class Harold L. Olson
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: April 06, 1945 / Age: 19
Died in service in Okinawa
1945
Private First Class Adrian L. Lucken
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 18, 1945 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Okinawa
1945
Sergeant Donald G. McNeill
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 25, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Wesel, Germany
1945
Private First Class John H. Hooker
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: February 20, 1945 / Age: 35
Killed in action in Luxembourg, Belgium