State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Sergeant Reinhold Gartner
Hebron, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Second Armored Division
Date of Loss: August 03, 1944 / Age: 31
Killed in action near France.
1944
Sergeant Gerhard P. Moen
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 11, 1944 / Age: 31
Killed in action in France
1944
Private Russell L. Naffziger
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:501st Parachute Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: October 08, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Sergeant Lloyd I. Nelson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 08, 1944 / Age: 26
He arrived overseas in October 1942. He was injured during the D-Day invasion when his unit landed on the beaches of Normandy, France. Two days later he died of his wounds.
1944
Private First Class Arthur S. Whitson
Hillsboro, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:85th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 13, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Toscana, Italy.
1944
Technician Fifth Grade Clarence L. Goodman
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 12, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action in France
1944
Corporal Ruben F. Welk
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:4th Air Force
Date of Loss: December 22, 1944 / Age: 19
On December 22, 1944 he was on the crew of the B-24J Liberator #44-40523 when they departed from Muroc Field in California during a routine training flight. They crashed and exploded during a snowstorm on Mount Gleason north of Glendale, California
1944
Staff Sergeant Eugene L. Little
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 04, 1944 / Age: 32
Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands
1944
Second Lieutenant John V. Hultin
Nash, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:575th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: December 23, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action near France.
1944
Sergeant William F. Henrichs
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 14, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in France
1944
Technical Sergeant Annil H. Bratvold
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 15, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action in France
1944
Staff Sergeant Larry S. Schlasinger
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 11, 1944 / Age: 21
Died in service in England
1944
Sergeant John R. McGee
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 13, 1944 / Age: 32
Killed in action in Italy
1944
Private First Class Ed Fleckenstein
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 12, 1944 / Age: 29
Killed in action near France.
1944
Sergeant John R. Plummer
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 13, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Sergeant Russell E. Montgomery
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:95th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 04, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.