State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Private Rueben E. Hoff
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:80th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 13, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in France
1944
Private Arthur D. Brown
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 21, 1944 / Age: 36
Killed in action in France
1944
Private Dale E. Nelson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 20, 1944 / Age: 19
Died in service in Germany
1944
Sergeant Donald L. Lillehaug
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 06, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Germany
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
Staff Sergeant Andrew J. Schaaf
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 04, 1944 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Normandy, France
1944
Staff Sergeant Delmar D. McBeth
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 28, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Utrecht, Holland
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
Private First Class Leonard M. Smestad
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 07, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in France
1944
Second Lieutenant Kenneth R. Thompson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 28, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in the South Pacific Area.
1944
Private First Class Roland Kramer
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:27th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 09, 1944 / Age: 26
Died in service in Saipan; Not confirmed however family has understood that his unit was landed on the wrong beach in Saipan and the Japanese wiped out the entire unit before they even got to the beach.
1944
Private First Class Jeroy Christianson
Steele, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:30th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 09, 1944 / Age: 27
Killed in action near 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 Samuel F. Linn
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 12, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Normandy, France
1944
First Lieutenant John Barnett
Granville, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:343rd Fighter Squadron
Date of Loss: January 05, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed over 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