FALLEN
World War II
1944
Private First Class LaVerne J. Mellom
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 16, 1944 / Age: 24
Died in service in New Guinea
1944
Technical Sergeant Herbert Fried
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:338th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: April 11, 1944 / Age: 29
Killed in action in a plane that crashed in the Baltic Sea, about 55 miles E of Sassnitz. The cause of the crash was enemy aircraft.
1944
Private First Class PFC Donovan E. Walton
Minot
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 235
Date of Loss: July 12, 1944 / Age: 18
From Death Certificate:
1944
PFC Robert H. Klose
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 07, 1944 / Age:
Brother to Staff Sergeant Kenneth A.
1944
Technician 4th Grade Glenn E. Bergstresser
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:70th Tank Battalion
Date of Loss: June 06, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Utah Beach, Normandy, France
1944
Pvt. Waldemar J. Hagen
Hillsboro, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 3rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
Date of Loss: August 25, 1944 / Age: 34
Killed in action near France.
1944
1st Lieutenant Rudolph L. Jenson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-17G #42-31695
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:369th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: February 22, 1944 / Age: 26
B-17G #42-31695 took off, with a crew of 10, from Station 111 Thurleigh, England on a bombing mission over Bernburg, Germany.
1944
Sgt. Arthur L. Olson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 15, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Private First Class Michael J. Zelinski
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 14, 1944 / Age: 29
Died in service in North Africa
1944
Staff Sergeant Joseph R. Agard
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age: 23
Died in service in the territory of Hawaii
1944
Private First Class Robert D. Block
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 29, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Holland
1944
Private First Class Robert Alexander
Tolley, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:105th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:27th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 07, 1944 / Age:
He was killed in action during the Battle of Saipan as his unit defended against a Japanese attack in the area of Tanapag. PFC Alexander's remains were not recovered or identified following his loss.
1944
Tech. 5c Bjarne C. Norgaard
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 10, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1944
Technical Sergeant Harold M. Knutson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:95th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 06, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Private First Class Carl C. Eide
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:40th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 24, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Dutch New Guinea