State Heroes Total:
3939
Service Branch

World War II

Randolph E. Oswald photo 1944

PFC Randolph E. Oswald

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 17th Tank Battalion, 7th Armored Division

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

Died in MIA status. Killed near Holland during the Battle of the Canals.

Arnold P. Kjelden photo 1944

Corporal Arnold P. Kjelden

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: February 12, 1944 / Age: 27

Killed in action in Italy

Willis W. Wacker photo 1944

Private First Class Willis W. Wacker

World War II

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

Kenneth L. Wolf photo 1944

2nd Lieutenant Kenneth L. Wolf

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 21, 1944 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Germany

Norman K. Mahlum photo 1944

Private Norman K. Mahlum

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 03, 1944 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Holland

Odin H. Tufto photo 1944

PFC Odin H. Tufto

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 339th Infantry Regiment, 85th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: May 12, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near Italy.

Duane F. Boyer photo 1944

Private First Class Duane F. Boyer

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Armed Division

Date of Loss: October 06, 1944 / Age: 25

Killed in action in Aachen, Städteregion Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Harold V. Shogren photo 1944

Technical Sergeant Harold V. Shogren

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: June 17, 1944 / Age: 28

Killed in action in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

John D. Milks photo 1944

Private John D. Milks

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: December 06, 1944 / Age: 19

Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands

Proctor Ames photo 1944

PFC Proctor Ames

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 04, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action in France.

Gustave Hager photo 1944

Tech 5c Gustave Hager

Minot, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 776th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Date of Loss: February 12, 1944 / Age: 34

Killed in action near Italy.

Harlan O. Sauer photo 1944

Pvt. Harlan O. Sauer

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 20, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near Belgium.

Rudolph L.  Jenson photo 1944

1st Lieutenant Rudolph L. Jenson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-17G #42-31695

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:369th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: February 22, 1944 / Age: 26

B-17G #42-31695 took off, with a crew of 10, from Station 111 Thurleigh, England on a bombing mission over Bernburg, Germany.

Abner J. Olson photo 1944

Pvt. Abner J. Olson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 81st Replacement Battalion

Date of Loss: May 30, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near England.

Walter Dietz photo 1944

Corp. Walter Dietz

Grand Forks, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 26, 1944 / Age: 29

Killed in action near Italy.