State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Private First Class Sidney E.R. Anderson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:32nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 29, 1944 / Age: 32
Killed in action in The Philippines.
1944
Staff Sergeant Andrew J. Schaaf
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 04, 1944 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Normandy, France
1944
Staff Sergeant Delmar D. McBeth
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 28, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Utrecht, Holland
1944
Private First Class Leonard M. Smestad
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 07, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in France
1944
Second Lieutenant Kenneth R. Thompson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 28, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in the South Pacific Area.
1944
Corporal Garner Douglas Webster
Mercer, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 1035 Sig CO
Date of Loss: September 04, 1944 / Age: 22
Died in Service. Non-Combat Jeep accident on 4 September 1944 in Italy. European African Middle Eastern Theater.
1944
Private Dale H. Ellingson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:776th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: July 05, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Private First Class Randolph E. Oswald
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:17th Tank Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Seventh Armored Division
Date of Loss: October 29, 1944 / Age: 24
Died in MIA status. Killed near Holland during the Battle of the Canals.
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
Second Lieutenant Willard V. Ofsthun
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:4th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 09, 1944 / Age: 33
Killed in action in France
1944
Private First Class Proctor Ames
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 04, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in France.
1944
Private First Class Odin H. Tufto
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:85th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 12, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Petty Officer Third Class Duane F. Brash
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: October 19, 1944 / Age: 24
Missing in action from approximately 1530, 19 October 1944.
1944
Corporal Moody Schimke
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: February 19, 1944 / Age: 24
Died in service in Enimetok, Marshall Islands
1944
Technical Sergeant Axel R. Peterson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: February 15, 1944 / Age: 29
Killed in action in Cassino, Italy
1944
Private First Class Obert L. Halseth
Grand Forks, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:56th Signal Air Warning Battalion
Date of Loss: June 15, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in England. Died of wounds suffered in the invasion of France.