State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Private Reuben Anhorn
Max, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 19, 1944 / Age: 36
357th Infantry landed on Utah Beach on June 8, 1944. They entered action on June 10, and were declared MIA on June 24.
1944
Staff Sergeant Arthur S. Knutson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:333 Field Artillery Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:38 Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 12, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in Action 12 May 1944, Italy.
Buried in Evanger Cemetery Norma North Dakota.
Name included on page 784 of Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II1941-1945.
1944
Private Ernest La Forte
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 21, 1944 / Age: 39
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Corporal Otto M. Wahus
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Third Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 08, 1944 / Age: 27
Born  McKenzie County, ND March 16, 1917. Entered US Army in Ft. Snelling, MN May 20, 1942.  Served European African Middle Eastern Theater. Killed in Action near France. Buried in Plot F Row 17 Grave 22 Lorraine, France.
1944
Staff Sergeant John Gums
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-24J #44-40540
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:424th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: October 18, 1944 / Age: 22
B-24J #44-40540 took off, with a crew of 10, from Morotai, North Maluku Province, Indonesia on a bombing mission over Balikpapan island in Borneo.
1944
Storekeeper Third Class Herbert Bauer
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: November 12, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in San Pedro Bay, Philippine Islands
1944
Corporal Milnor S. Olson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 30, 1944 / Age: 33
Died in service in Germany
1944
Private First Class William O. Lund
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 03, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in France
1944
Corporal Joe F. Hausler
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Third Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 02, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Private Joseph S. Schneider
Mount Carmel, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:803rd Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: October 11, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action near Belgium.
1944
Sergeant Tellef C. Hoverson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 07, 1944 / Age: 31
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Private First Class Gustav M. Platzkow
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 05, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in France
1944
Captain Donald R. Emerson
Pembina, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:336th Fighter Squadron
Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action while flying a P-51 during the Battle of the Bulge. He was heading back to his base after a mission when he encountered six enemy planes.
1944
Private Eugene J. Overby
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:35th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 08, 1944 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Germany.
1944
Private First Class Glenn A. Dilland
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:9th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 17, 1944 / Age: 36
Killed in action in France
1944
Private Raymond H. Sprecher
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: September 15, 1944 / Age: 20
Killed in action on Peleliu Island