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
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
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
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
Sergeant Joseph Brinkman
Danzig, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:80th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 27, 1944 / Age: 29
Killed in action in (Begium) Luxembourg.
1944
Private First Class Boyd C. McWethy
Crosby, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:26th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 11, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Corporal Orville M. Silseth
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:507th Parachute Infantry Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:17th Airborne Division
Date of Loss: June 14, 1944 / Age: 29
Died in service in Normandy, France
1944
Private Kenneth L. Renz
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 19, 1944 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Private First Class Barton V. Walter
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:96th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 26, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands
1944
Private First Class Sherman I. Vee
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:77th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 21, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in combat in the drive into Ormac Valley in the Battle of Leyte Island.
1944
Private Lyle H. Hartvickson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 07, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Belgium
1944
Private Peter B. Patnaude
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in France
1944
Private Gordon L. Martilla
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:63rd Field Artillery Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 23, 1944 / Age: 23
Died in service in Leyte, Philippine Islands from wounds sustained in battle
1944
Staff Sergeant Milton S. Sivertson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 13, 1944 / Age: 26
Died in service in France