State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Second Lieutenant Wellington E. Landis
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:788th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: April 22, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action. Lt. Landis was the Navigator on Lt. James Roden's B-24 crew. He was killed when their aircraft was shot down while returning from a mission over Hamm, Germany.
1944
Staff Sergeant Loris M. Espeseth
Eldorado, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:418th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: November 20, 1944 / Age: 20
Killed in action in England.
1944
Staff Sergeant Clyde W. Parke
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 12, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Caen, France.
1944
Private First Class Alf L. Burman
Fargo, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Fifth Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 19, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in France.
1944
Private First Class Sam A. Metzner
Fort Rice, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 09, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Private First Class Sidney E.R. Anderson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:32nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 29, 1944 / Age: 32
Killed in action in The Philippines.
1944
Private First Class Earl B. Sondreal
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 10, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands
1944
Private Guy R. Follansbee
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:9th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 29, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Normady, France
1944
Major John Svenningsen
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 26, 1944 / Age: 27
He died in service when the transport on which he was a passenger returning stateside, C-54ASkymaster #41-37292, crashed after takeoff in Accra (present day Ghana).
1944
Staff Sergeant Thomas G. Root
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: February 25, 1944 / Age: 21
Died in service in Austria
1944
Private Ronald J. Nicolson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 04, 1944 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Brest, France
1944
Staff Sergeant Kenneth I. Bakken
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 17, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Sergeant Jess M. Scott
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:497th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: January 06, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Cherbourg, France
1944
Private First Class Anthony J. Deschamp
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:81st Calvary Recon Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:81st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 24, 1944 / Age: 35
Killed in action in Italy
1944
Private First Class Wilmer Kerner
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 12, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in France
1944
Private First Class Leo J. Grossman
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:27th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 27, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Saipan