State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
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
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 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
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 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 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 Harold R. Nordale
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 08, 1944 / Age: 39
Killed in action in France
1944
Private First Class Jack C. Beckwith
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:99th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 16, 1944 / Age: 20
On December 15, 1944, he was with members of Company C on Hill 627 in the woods near Wahlerscheid, Germany, when the men came under attack from multiple German artillery barrages.
1944
Private First Class LaVerne J. Mellom
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 16, 1944 / Age: 24
Died in service in New Guinea
1944
Major James A. Howard
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:369th AAF Fighter Squadron
Date of Loss: November 08, 1944 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Private First Class Norval Staples
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: September 15, 1944 / Age: 21
Died in service on Palau Island
1944
Second Lieutenant Marvin L. Dock
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-24H Liberator #42-52302 'Ken-O-Kay'
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:733rd Bomb Squadron
Date of Loss: February 25, 1944 / Age: 25
Shot down by anti aircraft artillery flak on mission to Furth, and crashed just north of Nuremberg, Germany
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