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1945

Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Gerald R. Olson

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:US Navy Patrol Bombing Squadron Two

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Combat Air Crew 50

Date of Loss: June 15, 1945 / Age: 21

Died in service in Corpus Christi, Texas

1944

Private Guy R. Follansbee

World War II

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

PFC Theodore W. Carlson

Cogswell, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 12, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

1944

2nd Lt. Wellington E. Landis

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 788th Bomber Squadron, 467th Bomber Group, Heavy

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.