State Heroes Total:
3932
Service Branch

World War II

Lawrence Lessard photo 1945

PFC Lawrence Lessard

Grafton, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 379th Infantry Regiment, 95th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 11, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action in the Netherlands.

Joseph A. Goodreau photo 1945

Staff Sergeant Joseph A. Goodreau

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:95th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 04, 1945 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Germany

Darwin P. Peterson photo 1945

Seaman 2nd Class Darwin P. Peterson

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: February 21, 1945 / Age: 19

Killed in action in the Asiatic Area

John F. McGowan photo 1945

1st Lieutenant John F. McGowan

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: June 01, 1945 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Japan

Ernest N. Henricks photo 1945

Private Ernest N. Henricks

World War II

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

Dominic N. Braun photo 1945

Coxswain Dominic N. Braun

World War II

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

Wendell D. Moore photo 1945

Private Wendell D. Moore

World War II

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

Loran R. Kargel photo 1945

Technical Sergeant Loran R. Kargel

World War II

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.

Oscar H. Swenson photo 1945

Private First Class Oscar H. Swenson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

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

Died in service in Italy

Erling N. Bakke photo 1945

RM1c Erling N. Bakke

Jamestown, ND

World War II

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. 

Frank T. Sigl photo 1945

Staff Sgt. Frank T. Sigl

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 489th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Armored Division

Date of Loss: August 01, 1945 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Germany.

Harlan W. Sorenson photo 1945

Private First Class Harlan W. Sorenson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 26, 1945 / Age: 21

Died in service in Springfield, Missouri due to wounds from a Japanese bullet.

William Keller photo 1945

Gunner's Mate 2nd Class William Keller

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: February 05, 1945 / Age: 24

Died in service in Brooklyn, New York

Adelard L. La Coste photo 1945

Private First Class Adelard L. La Coste

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 06, 1945 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Germany

Virgil J. Stubbs photo 1945

PVT Virgil J. Stubbs

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: January 01, 1945 / Age: