FALLEN
World War II
1944
Staff Sergeant Duane E. MacKenzie
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 25, 1944 / Age: 19
Died in service in France
1944
Corp. Joe F. Hausler
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 02, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Electrician's Mate 3C Willaim F. Schoener
Mandan, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: October 11, 1944 / Age: 23
Died while doing maintenance on the ships engine and was electrocuted (Per statement of family 5/16/2019) - Buried at Sea. Survived by spouse Katharine.
1944
Private First Class Luther E. Halden
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 03, 1944 / Age: 30
Killed in action in France
1944
Private First Class Vernon O. Berg
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:27th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 07, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
1944
Staff Sergeant Leonard A. Powell
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 06, 1944 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Normandy, France
1944
Capt. Donald R. Emerson
Pembina, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group
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
PFC Boyd C. McWethy
Crosby, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 104th Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 11, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Private First Class William E. Lawrence
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: September 15, 1944 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Peleliu, Palau Islands
1944
2nd Lieutenant Theodore R. Zech
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 16, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Germany
1944
GM3c Hartvick L. Anderson
Grand Forks, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: July 11, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in Italy. Remains not recovered.
1944
Aviation Radioman Curtis L. Wright Jr.
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Yorktown
Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Yap Island
1944
Private First Class Orville R. Overby
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:9th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 11, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Private First Class Louis J. Mangold
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 22, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in New Guinea
1944
PFC Reuben Schatz
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 06, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.