FALLEN
World War II

Staff Sergeant Ernest F. Knutson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:358th Air Baser Squadron Army Corps
Date of Loss: March 13, 1945 / Age: 23
Died in service in Blythe, California

2nd Lieutenant William O. Ward
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 19, 1945 / Age: 34
Killed in action in Okinawa
PFC George Rutz
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 63rd Infantry Regiment, 6th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 12, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.

Private First Class Francis Irwin
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H
Date of Loss: May 13, 1945 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Luzon, Philippine Islands

Private First Class Clinton A. Albus
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 30, 1945 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Philippines

Private Roy F. Patzner
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 02, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Germany
PFC Joseph C. Nush
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 60th Infantry Battalion, 9th Armored Division
Date of Loss: March 05, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Belgium.

Private First Class Robert B. Miner
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:66th Armored Infantry Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:12th Armored Division
Date of Loss: March 21, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Germany

Captain Maurice A. Strand
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:28th AAF Fighter Squadron
Date of Loss: January 03, 1945 / Age: 28
Killed in action in China

Private First Class Donald W. Nelson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 13, 1945 / Age: 26
Died in service in Tyndall Field, Florida

PFC Theodore O. Bjertness
Hatton, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 66th Infantry Regiment, 71st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 15, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in action in the Netherlands.
From American Battle Monuments Commission website
2nd Lt. Ralph L. Kankovsky
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 11, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.

Private First Class Timothy E. Kotaska
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 05, 1945 / Age: 30
Died as a Prisoner Of War at Bad Soden-Salmunster Hospital (Serves Stalag 9-B) Bad Soden Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-09

Private Willys S. Gensrich
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:27th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 24, 1945 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Okinawa

Private First Class Arthur O. Anderson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 01, 1945 / Age: 35
Killed in action 1 May 45 Okinawa