FALLEN
World War II (WWII)
1945
Private First Class James J. Kubat
World War II (WWII)
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 (WWII)
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
Second Lieutenant Joseph J. Oleskow
World War II (WWII)
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 (WWII)
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 Third Class George F. Schneider
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: July 31, 1945 / Age: 19
Died in service in Hawaii
1945
Radioman First Class Erling N. Bakke
Jamestown, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Ommaney Bay
Date of Loss: January 04, 1945 / Age: 26
Died while in MIA status. Ommaney Bay South Pacific Ocean. Remains not recovered.
1945
Staff Sergeant Frank T. Sigl
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:489th Field Artillery Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Seventh Armored Division
Date of Loss: August 01, 1945 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Germany.
1945
Private First Class John B. Darcy
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: February 23, 1945 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Luzon
1945
Second Lieutenant Pius G. Kuntz
World War II (WWII)
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 First Class Harold L. Olson
World War II (WWII)
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 (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 18, 1945 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Okinawa
1945
Private First Class Carl B. Wasness
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:79th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 19, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1945
Private First Class Marvin D. Arntz
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:First Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: February 10, 1945 / Age: 26
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Sergeant Donald G. McNeill
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 25, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Wesel, Germany
1945
Private First Class Albert E. Schulz
Elgin, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:38th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 09, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.