State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1945
Private Le Roy W. Vigesaa
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:80th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 27, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in action near Luxembourg.
1945
Private First Class Elmer Dockter
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 09, 1945 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Okinawa
1945
Captain Louis F. Murphy
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: February 05, 1945 / Age: 27
Died in service in the POW Fukuoka Camp in Japan
1945
Second Lieutenant Ervin H. Rybnicek
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:363rd Field Artillery Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:96th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 02, 1945 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Okinawa
1945
Private Neil William McIntyre
Williston, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 634th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: April 08, 1945 / Age: 18
Killed in action in the Netherlands.
1945
Private First Class Russell D. Mikkelson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 23, 1945 / Age: 24
Died in service in Luzon, Philippine Islands
1945
Major Edward C. Tresemer
LaMoure, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters
Date of Loss: March 19, 1945 / Age: 25
Killed in action near Bramsche, Germany.
1945
Private Christian J. Domeier
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: March 14, 1945 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Iwo Jima
1945
Private First Class Allen G. Stein
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 15, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Okinawa
1945
Staff Sergeant Harvey M. Reiquam
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 16, 1945 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Kamenz, Germany
1945
Aviation Radioman Third Class Paul B. Klamm
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Bombing Squadron 97
Date of Loss: July 29, 1945 / Age: 19
Died in service in Albermarle Sound, North Carolina
1945
Staff Sergeant Kenneth I. Wagner
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Nineth Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 03, 1945 / Age: 30
Killed in action in Germany
1945
Private Lloyd A. Ohlheiser
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:87th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 05, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Luxembourg.
1945
Private Charles W. Hansen
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 352 Nd. Qm. Rhd. Co.
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:A/S Infantry Co B 359th Infantry
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Division
Date of Loss: January 10, 1945 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Luxembourg
1945
Private Lester A. Mattern
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:75th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 06, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Netherlands.
1945
Lieutenant Commander Leonard J. Check
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Hancock
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Fighting Squadron 7
Date of Loss: January 04, 1945 / Age: 33
Leonard Check became a World War II ACE credited with shooting down TWELVE enemy aircraft. He was lost in January 1945, after a mid-air collision with his wingman over Luzon, Philippine Islands.