State Heroes

Private First Class Darrell G. Murphy

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Marine Division

Date of Loss: July 21, 1944 / Age: 19

Killed in action in Guam

Ensign Russell H. Kinzer

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: March 30, 1944 / Age: 21

Died in service in a plane crash. The plane Ensign Kinzer was flying collided with another plane during a training flight in Green Cove Springs, Florida.

Technician Fifth Class Lloyd J.O. McLean

Niagara, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: July 25, 1944 / Age: 27

Killed in action near France.

Private Louis B. Frederick

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:104th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 05, 1944 / Age: 34

Killed in action in Europe

2nd Lieutenant Marvin Hjalmarson

Akra, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 06, 1944 / Age: 28

Reported KIA, Holland.

1st Lieutenant Harold J. Larson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-24H #41-29543

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:706th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: April 27, 1944 / Age: 21

Died in service when the aircraft he was piloting struck the cliff top at Foreness Bay, near Cliftonville, Kent, England

Private First Class Ernest A. Krause

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: November 10, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Private Leroy S. Upton

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: December 02, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near Belgium.

First Lieutenant Donald E. Winter

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: January 30, 1944 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Central Germany

Private First Class Anton Bauman

Strasburg, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:9th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 17, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in France.

Staff Sergeant Edward F. Buzalsky

Connor Township, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Armored Division

Date of Loss: September 07, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action near Belgium.

Staff Sergeant Robert W. Arhart

Fargo, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:85th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: June 29, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Belgium.

Gunner's Mate Third Class Hartvick L. Anderson

Grand Forks, ND

World War II (WWII)

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. 

Private Peter L. Braun

Mandan, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: July 05, 1944 / Age: 37

Peter Louie Braun was born on October 31, 1906, in Glen Ullin, Morton County, North Dakota to Joseph P Braun and Eugina Schacher Braun. He entered the United States Army on March 19, 1942.

Second Lieutenant Arthur J. Blackwood

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: September 15, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action in France.

Private First Class Arthur Adolphy

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: November 18, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action in France.