State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1945
Corporal John M. Northrop
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: August 12, 1945 / Age: 23
Died in service in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
1945
Private Ronald W. Hagen
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 04, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Luxembourg
1945
First Lieutenant Paul W. Wittenberger
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 09, 1945 / Age: 26
Died in service in the Philippine Islands
1945
Technical Sergeant Anton Mack
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 15, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Germany
1945
Private First Class Milton A. Sherwin
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 24, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in action crossing the Rhine River into Germany.
1945
Technician Fourth Grade Leander W. Ege
Chalky Butte, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:813th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: August 06, 1945 / Age: 27
Killed in action Wels, Austria.
1945
First Lieutenant Bertram E. Olson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 83rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 05, 1945 / Age: 29
1945
Private Russell E. Dolan
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 03, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Germany
1945
Technical Sergeant Glenn W. Steen
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:550th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
Date of Loss: July 13, 1945 / Age: 25
Died in service in Glasgow, Scotland
1945
Staff Sergeant Howard M. Murray
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:612th Bomb Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:8th Air Force
Date of Loss: March 24, 1945 / Age: 19
S/Sgt. Murray's plane, I'll Be Seeing You, crashed returning to England after a bombing mission.
1945
Private First Class Robert L. Aas
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:76th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 08, 1945 / Age: 19
Died in service in Germany
1945
Private First Class Joseph E. Lautz
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:70th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: February 18, 1945 / Age: 29
Killed in action in France
1945
Staff Sergeant Jasper Aaser
Hamlin, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 10, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action East of Bastogne, Ardennes, Belgium.
1945
Private First Class Hilman T. Thompson
Ray, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:35th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 09, 1945 / Age: 30
Killed in action near Luxembourg.
1945
Private First Class Alexander H. Hamilton
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 09, 1945 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Czechoslovakia
1945
Sergeant Alvin E. Rustad
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Headquarters Squadron
Date of Loss: September 14, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near France.