State Heroes Total:
3940
Service Branch

World War II (WWII)

Ivan O. Bustad photo 1944

Private First Class Ivan O. Bustad

Ellisville, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:57th Signal Battalion

Date of Loss: February 08, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action near Italy.

Reuben Wacker photo 1944

Private Reuben Wacker

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:119th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:30th Infantry Division

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

Killed in action near France.

Jack C. Beckwith photo 1944

Private First Class Jack C. Beckwith

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:99th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 16, 1944 / Age: 20

On December 15, 1944, he was with members of Company C on Hill 627 in the woods near Wahlerscheid, Germany, when the men came under attack from multiple German artillery barrages.

Reuben Anhorn photo 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.

Albert Schneider photo 1944

Tech. 5c Albert Schneider

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 743rd Tank Battalion

Date of Loss: November 19, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action in the Netherlands.

Stanley T. Hubbard photo 1944

Private Stanley T. Hubbard

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: January 06, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Mignona, Italy

Arthur E. Kittelson photo 1944

Staff Sergeant Arthur E. Kittelson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Field Artillery Corps Division

Date of Loss: July 25, 1944 / Age: 24

Died in service in Normandy, France

Marvin L.  Dock photo 1944

Second Lieutenant Marvin L. Dock

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-24H Liberator #42-52302 'Ken-O-Kay'

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:733rd Bomb Squadron

Date of Loss: February 25, 1944 / Age: 25

Shot down by anti aircraft artillery flak on mission to Furth, and crashed just north of Nuremberg, Germany

Norman J. McKendry photo 1944

Captain Norman J. McKendry

Mandan, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 16, 1944 / Age: 33

Killed in action in the Netherlands.

Arnold E. Freelander photo 1944

Corporal Arnold E. Freelander

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: December 11, 1944 / Age: 27

Killed in action in France

Joseph Brinkman photo 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.

Leroy S. Upton photo 1944

Pvt. Leroy S. Upton

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 02, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near Belgium.

Bernard H. Halaas photo 1944

Staff Sergeant Bernard H. Halaas

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 25, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands

Curtis H. Olson photo 1944

Sgt. Curtis H. Olson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 03, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action near Italy.

Howard A. McBain photo 1944

Tech. 4c Howard A. McBain

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 376th Infantry Regiment, 94th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 22, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.