State Heroes Total:
3942
Service Branch

World War II (WWII)

Clifford A. Myhra photo 1945

Sergeant Clifford A. Myhra

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:870th Bomb Squadron

Date of Loss: February 10, 1945 / Age: 21

B-29 "WEREWOLF" 42-63423 497th Bomb Group, 870th Bomb Squadron Aircraft A-Square-28 hit by fighter on a mission to Tokyo, exploded mid-air 1-27-1945

Vincent D. Leuwer photo 1945

Private First Class Vincent D. Leuwer

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:37th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 01, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Alphonse A. Wilkes photo 1945

Private First Class Alphonse A. Wilkes

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 25th Reconnaissance Troop

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 04, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Philander E. Vannatta photo 1945

Private Philander E. Vannatta

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: January 18, 1945 / Age: 27

Died in service in Ft. Knox, Kentucky 

Victor R. Wuertz photo 1945

Private First Class Victor R. Wuertz

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 23, 1945 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Luzon, Philippine Islands

Mark F. Packard photo 1945

Private Mark F. Packard

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:87th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 25, 1945 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Germany

Leo A. Forcier photo 1945

Corporal Leo A. Forcier

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:42nd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 06, 1945 / Age: 26

Killed in action during the Battle of the Bulge in France.

Clarence A. Teige photo 1945

Lieutenant Junior Grade Clarence A. Teige

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: July 24, 1945 / Age: 25

Killed in action in Honshu, Japan

Erling N. Bakke photo 1945

Radioman First Class Erling N. Bakke

Jamestown, ND

World War II (WWII)

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. 

Reinholdt T. Hofmann photo 1945

Private First Class Reinholdt T. Hofmann

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Sixth Infantry Division

Date of Loss: June 26, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action near the Philippines.

Gordon L. Mathiason photo 1945

Private First Class Gordon L. Mathiason

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:17th Airborne Division

Date of Loss: January 05, 1945 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Belgium

William George Warcken photo 1945

Technician Fifth Grade William G. Warcken

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:56th Engineer Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:11th Armored Division

Date of Loss: January 17, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Marvin D. Arntz photo 1945

Private First Class Marvin D. Arntz

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:First Cavalry Division

Date of Loss: February 10, 1945 / Age: 26

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Neil D. Stevenson photo 1945

Private Neil D. Stevenson

Dickinson, ND

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 05, 1945 / Age:

Died in Euskirchen, Germany

John H. Lebak photo 1945

Staff Sergeant John H. Lebak

Moline, ND

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: February 13, 1945 / Age: