FALLEN
World War II
1944
2nd Lt. Bryce A. Ralston
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 395th Fighter Squadron, 368th Fighter Group
Date of Loss: December 23, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in Germany. Shot down by fighter near Kruft.
1944
Captain Norman H. Nelson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 313th Fighter Squadron
Date of Loss: July 02, 1944 / Age: 24
He was a passenger aboard Cessna Bobcat UC-78 #43-7528 when he was killed on July 2, 1944, in a plane crash in England.
1944
Sgt. Arthur Mygland
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 776th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: November 21, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
1st Lieutenant Louise M. Wescom
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 09, 1944 / Age: 36
Died in service in Camp Livingston, Louisiana
1944
PFC Arthur S. Whitson
Hillsboro, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 339th Infantry Regiment, 85th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 13, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Toscana, Italy.
1944
Staff Sergeant Donald H. Peterson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 30, 1944 / Age: 35
Died in France on November 30, 1944, from wounds received in an attack on the Siegfried line in Germany. Peterson was a member of a rifle company which succeeded in capturing 14 pill boxes and cleared out several tank traps in the attack.
1944
Staff Sgt. Leo F. Baumgartner
Strasburg, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 957th Field Artillery Battalion
Date of Loss: July 25, 1944 / Age: 28
Killed in action at the beginning of operation Cobra.
1944
Sgt. Alfred G. Huber
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 378th Infantry Regiment, 95th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 30, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action near France.
1944
Private Clifton B. Brickson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 14, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Belgium
1944
Sgt. John R. Plummer
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 13, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Private First Class Fred J. Kautz
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:27th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 12, 1944 / Age: 30
Killed in action in the Pacific
1944
Captain Donald A. Swenson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 24, 1944 / Age: 27
Died in service in Sorrento, Italy
1944
Sgt. Ernest L. Monson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 401st Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: July 05, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in France.
1944
1st Lieutenant Anthony Kuhn
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-24D #41-24186
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:72nd Bomber Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:13th Army Air Force
Date of Loss: March 05, 1944 / Age: 26
After a successful bombing mission it was noticed by other B-24's, while returning to base, that B-24D #41-24186 was not able to close their bomb bay doors and that one of their engines was also on fire.
1944
2nd Lieutenant Dale W. Witson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:324th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: August 16, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action when his plane was shot down over Deiderode, Germany.