State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Second Lieutenant Ray W. Shively
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:434th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Armored Division
Date of Loss: December 22, 1944 / Age: 30
Killed in action in Belgium
1944
Private First Class Beverly A. Janis
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: June 14, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action in France
1944
Staff Sergeant Chester H. Steenson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 25, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Italy
1944
Private First Class Melvin G. Beyer
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 15, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in France.
1944
Private Francis F. Feist
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:106th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 19, 1944 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Second Lieutenant Ernest L. Gray
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 19, 1944 / Age: 27
Killed in action in France
1944
Private First Class David A. Hedland
Englevale, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:30th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 20, 1944 / Age: 34
David Arnold Hedland entered the US Army at Ft. MacArthur Los Angeles, California on 12 January 1944.
1944
Private Herman Hoffer
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 11, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in France
1944
Private First Class Clarence O. Erickson
Bowman, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
First Lieutenant Wallace W. Bengson
Esmond, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:327th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: October 03, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in the Netherlands while flying as a navigator on a B-17 of the 92nd Bomb Group. His aircraft collided with another and lost half of the right wing.
1944
Private First Class Bernard E. Grua
World War II (WWII)
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 Saipan
1944
Technician Fifth Grade Ewaldt F. Hasenwinkel
Elysian Township, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department
Date of Loss: July 24, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Corporal Eugene R. Bakkum
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 16, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in France
1944
Private First Class Arthur L. Horntvedt
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:30th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Belgium
1944
Sergeant Jack Ell
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 04, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action near France.
1944
Private First Class Oswald P. Kjilbak
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 21, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action at Lyte, P.I.