State Heroes

Second Lieutenant Orville L. Blumhagen

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:746th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: October 16, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Italy.

Second Lieutenant Theodore R. Zech

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 16, 1944 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Germany

Private First Class Albert Albrecht

Temvik, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Second Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age: 22

Killed in action in France

Private Joseph M. Laviolette

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:101st Airborne Division

Date of Loss: December 22, 1944 / Age: 21

Died in service in Bastogne, Belgium

Staff Sergeant Edward J. Birch

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-17 Flying Fortress

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:32nd Bomber Squadron B-17 FLYING FORTRESS

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:15th US Army Air Forces

Date of Loss: July 26, 1944 / Age: 19

Killed in action in a plane that crashed in Austria, the plane departed Italy

Aviation Radioman Curtis L. Wright Jr.

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Yorktown

Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Yap Island

Private First Class Orville R. Overby

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:9th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 11, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Germany

Private First Class Louis J. Mangold

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 22, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action in New Guinea

Private Arnold C. Grise

Broe Township, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:37th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 15, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Staff Sergeant Rueben S. Tastad

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 12, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.

Private First Class Lloyd R. Miller

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 07, 1944 / Age: 27

Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands

Private Donald V. Nordquist

Grand Forks, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:708th Amphibious Tank Battalion

Date of Loss: June 17, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action on Saipan.

Private First Class Fred R. Ehni

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:899th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Date of Loss: July 17, 1944 / Age: 36

Killed in action in France

Second Lieutenant Alvin E. Stocking

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:36th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 02, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in France

Seaman First Class Arthur F. Nappen

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: January 12, 1944 / Age: 21

Died in service in Stirling Island

First Lieutenant Frederick C. Beyer

Minot, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:36th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 29, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action in France.