FALLEN

Private Ernest N. Henricks

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:83rd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 09, 1945 / Age: 29

Killed in action in Belgium

Coxswain Dominic N. Braun

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Stanley

Date of Loss: May 28, 1945 / Age: 25

Killed in action aboard the U.S.S. Stanley

Private Wendell D. Moore

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 04, 1945 / Age: 29

Killed in action in Germany

Technical Sergeant Loran R. Kargel

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 14, 1945 / Age: 23

Technical Sergeant Kargel was one of thirteen airmen killed when U.S. Army Air Corps B-29 Superfortress #44-86329 crashed while landing at Kirtland Army Airfield, near Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Private First Class Oscar H. Swenson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 03, 1945 / Age: 32

Died in service in Italy

Seaman Second Class Daniel A. Baker

Hankinson, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Indianapolis

Date of Loss: July 30, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action. USS Indianapolis. Phillipines. Remains not recovered. 

Captain Robert B. Holmes

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: P-51 44-63214

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:82nd Fighter Squadron

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:8th Air Force

Date of Loss: April 16, 1945 / Age: 24

Killed in action when he was flying a mission to strafe enemy airfields in the present-day Czech Republic. After strafing two airfields heading towards the third, his plane was hit by flak, and he crashed and was killed near Prague

Sgt. Peter J. Farrell

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 358th Bomber Squadron, 303rd Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: January 22, 1945 / Age: 20

Killed in action in the Netherlands.

Pvt. Lyle W. Peterson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 3rd Tank Battalion, 10th Armored Division

Date of Loss: March 21, 1945 / Age: 27

Killed in action near France.

Sergeant Arthur B. Rossland

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:776th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Date of Loss: March 19, 1945 / Age: 34

Killed in action in Germany

Private Alfred B. Byrne

Michigan, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:818th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Date of Loss: April 01, 1945 / Age: 35

Killed in action in the Netherlands.

Capt. Melville C. La Force

World War II (WWII)

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.

Technician Fifth Grade Henry Warcken

World War II (WWII)

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.

Private Ernest P. Sczesny

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:388th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion

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

Died in service in Midway, Georgia

PVT Neil D. Stevenson

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 05, 1945 / Age:

Died in Euskirchen, Germany