State Heroes

Staff Sergeant Henry C. Dahl

Twin Valley, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:34th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 11, 1944 / Age: 29

Killed in action near Italy.

Private First Class Vernon T. Starks

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: December 19, 1944 / Age: 22

Died in service in Leyte, Philippine Islands

Private First Class George Ravnaas

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: July 28, 1944 / Age: 20

Died in service in Guam

Corporal Ellwood D. Benson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:188th Field Artillery Battalion

Date of Loss: August 01, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action in France.

Corporal Arnold P. Kjelden

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: February 12, 1944 / Age: 27

Killed in action in Italy

Private First Class Glen P. McGhan

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:66th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Private First Class Donovan E. Walton

Minot

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 235

Date of Loss: July 12, 1944 / Age: 18

From Death Certificate:

Staff Sergeant Clifton O. Wade

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:429 AAF Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: August 05, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action when his plane was shot down over Naples, Italy. 

Staff Sergeant Leslie L. McCrorie

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:96th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 04, 1944 / Age: 30

Killed in action on November 04, 1944 in the Philippines.

 

Private First Class Philip Mitzel Jr.

Orrin, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:37th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 12, 1944 / Age: 24

Chief Pharmacist Mate John C. Ulmer

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: December 13, 1944 / Age: 36

Chief Pharmacist's Mate John Cassady Ulmer, United States Navy, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his death while still in captivity.

Private First Class Carl J. Thorgramson

Watford City, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: November 20, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action in France.

Technical Sergeant Godgrey N. Halverson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age: 32

Killed in action in St Jares Manshe, France

Staff Sergeant Donald E. Woodwick

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:729th AAF Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: December 04, 1944 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Germany

Private First Class Herbert Guthmiller

Newbury Township, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: November 16, 1944 / Age: 25

Killed in action near France.

Private First Class Sevrein J. Ryan

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: June 11, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.