State Heroes

Private First Class Lawrence Rysavy

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:35th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: August 11, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Technical Sergeant Harold V. Shogren

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Killed in action in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

Private John D. Milks

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands

Flight Officer Vernon B. Jensen

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:82nd Troop Carrier Squadron

Date of Loss: June 06, 1944 / Age: 31

He was a glider pilot in support of the D-Day landings at Normandy in what was known as Glider Operation Neptune.

Sergeant Everett L. Corbin

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:95th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 14, 1944 / Age: 27

Killed in action near France.

First Lieutenant Glenn N. Lawritson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: August 11, 1944 / Age: 44

Died in service in Ft Sam Houston, Texas

Private Frank Thomas

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: December 23, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near Luxembourg.

Private First Class Emil Bitz

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:54th Armored Infantry Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:10th Armored Division

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

Killed in action in Germany

Corporal Leo W. Manske

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

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

Date of Loss: July 01, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Saipan

Staff Sergeant Albert R. Rodacker

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Second Lieutenant Henry F. Telken

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:576th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: July 21, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action when his plane went down in Ammersee, a body of water that is a large lake about (12) miles due east of Landsberg, Germany, and approximately (25) miles southwest of Munich,

Private First Class Marvin G. Miller

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: August 06, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action in France

Private Vernon H. Nielson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: September 21, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Private Jesse Navarro

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:5th Infantry Division

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

Killed in action in France

Technical Sergeant Harold M. Knutson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:95th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 06, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Germany

Staff Sergeant Leo F. Baumgartner

Strasburg, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:957th Field Artillery Battalion

Date of Loss: July 25, 1944 / Age: 28

Killed in action at the beginning of operation Cobra.