State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Technician Fourth Class Howard A. McBain
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:94th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 22, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Private First Class Willis W. Wacker
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Armed Division
Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in France
1944
Private First Class Ernest W. Kjellerson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:91st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 21, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Second Lieutenant Kenneth L. Wolf
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 21, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Private Norman K. Mahlum
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 03, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Holland
1944
Second Lieutenant Warren H. Guernsey
Velva, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:353th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: November 18, 1944 / Age: 27
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Technical Sergeant Harold V. Shogren
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 17, 1944 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
1944
Private John D. Milks
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 06, 1944 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands
1944
Flight Officer Vernon B. Jensen
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:82nd Troop Carrier Squadron
Date of Loss: June 06, 1944 / Age: 31
He was a glider pilot in support of the D-Day landings at Normandy in what was known as Glider Operation Neptune.
1944
Technician Fifth Class Bjarne C. Norgaard
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:32nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 10, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1944
Private First Class Ferdinand J. Martel
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Third Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 02, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
First Lieutenant Glenn N. Lawritson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: August 11, 1944 / Age: 44
Died in service in Ft Sam Houston, Texas
1944
Corporal Leo W. Manske
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Marine Division
Date of Loss: July 01, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Saipan
1944
Private First Class Herbert B. Glasow
Davenport, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: January 19, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1944
Private First Class Dale E. Simonson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 15, 1944 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Sergeant Martin M. Miller
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 07, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in France