State Heroes

Private First Class John L. Mann

Huff, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: August 02, 1944 / Age: 28

Killed in action near France.

Sergeant Boyd D. Iverson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:388th AAF Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: March 08, 1944 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Magdeburg, Germany

Staff Sergeant Duane E. MacKenzie

World War II (WWII)

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

Staff Sergeant Harold G. Josewski

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:567th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: April 10, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action in a crash over Normandy. Crew member of the aircraft "Flak Magnet".

Technician Fourth Grade Rudy W. Bohn

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:45th Division

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

Killed in action in Anzio, Italy

Staff Sergeant Leonard A. Powell

World War II (WWII)

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

Private First Class Antone A. Gieser

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 31, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Staff Sergeant James T. Reynolds

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:103rd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 17, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Private First Class Thomas F. Clark

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 03, 1944 / Age: 23

Died of wounds in Holland

Private First Class Guy A. Combs, Jr.

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:237th Engineer Combat Battalion

Date of Loss: June 06, 1944 / Age: 20

Killed in action near France.

Lieutenant Colonel Russell W. Bellows

Jamestown, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Division Artillery, 96th Infantry Division

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:96th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 10, 1944 / Age: 35

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Private Joseph M. Laviolette

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:101st Airborne Division

Date of Loss: December 22, 1944 / Age: 21

Died in service in Bastogne, Belgium

Private First Class Herbert I. Gentz

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:66th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Belgium

Aviation Radioman Curtis L. Wright Jr.

World War II (WWII)

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

Private First Class Orville R. Overby

World War II (WWII)

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

Private First Class Louis J. Mangold

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 22, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action in New Guinea