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1944

Staff Sergeant Edward M. Jerstad

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:412th AAF Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: April 11, 1944 / Age: 19

Killed in action in Germany

1944

Private George W. Deede

Woodworth, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:456th Field Artillery Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:82nd Airborne Division

Date of Loss: October 28, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in the Netherlands.

1944

Staff Sergeant Jess A. Edd

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:91st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: September 17, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Italy

1944

Second Lieutenant Thomas Martin

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:155th Photographic Squadron

Date of Loss: November 04, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

1944

Second Lieutenant Elbert J. Bradrick

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:337th Bomber Squadron

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

Date of Loss: November 08, 1944 / Age: 20

Killed in Action in Germany

1944

First Lieutenant Marvin E. Albertson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:350th Fighter Squadron

Date of Loss: October 27, 1944 / Age: 24

On October 27, 1944 he was piloting his P-51 Mustang #44-14422 during a training flight when he collided with the P-51 42-14791 and crashed at Wilden, Worcestershire, England.

1944

Private William Vedaa

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: December 26, 1944 / Age: 35

Died in service in the Mediterranean Area

1944

Staff Sergeant Clarence M. Keaveny

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:85th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: May 15, 1944 / Age: 27

Killed in action near Italy.

1944

Sergeant Donald A. Syverson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division

Date of Loss: July 21, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

1944

Technician 5th Class Garret J. Glum

Bismarck, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 24th Quartermaster Company

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 30

Killed in action in the Philippines after suffering fatal wounds on Leyte Island.

1944

Private Christ A. Christiansen

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Armored Division

Date of Loss: September 19, 1944 / Age: 34

Killed in action in Germany

1944

Private First Class Harry Thomas

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 11, 1944 / Age: 29

Killed in action in France

1944

Second Lieutenant Russel Loyd Kruger

New Salem, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:12th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:4th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: June 15, 1944 / Age: 22

Killed in Action at the Battle of Hedgerows in Normandy, France on June 15, 1944 at the age of 22. His only child Russel "Rusty" was born 7 months later.