State Heroes Total:
3943
Service Branch

World War II (WWII)

Eugene R. Bakkum photo 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

Arthur L. Horntvedt photo 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

Lloyd E. Burns photo 1944

Private First Class Lloyd E. Burns

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:84th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 12, 1944 / Age: 24

Died in service in Germany

Edwin Kienzle photo 1944

Gunnery Sergeant Edwin Kienzle

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

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

Date of Loss: July 21, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Guam

Thomas A. Langved photo 1944

Private First Class Thomas A. Langved

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division

Date of Loss: April 16, 1944 / Age: 19

Killed in action in Bougainville

Robert W. Hageman photo 1944

Private First Class Robert W. Hageman

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:91st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: September 17, 1944 / Age: 19

Killed in action in Macello, Italy

Luther E. Halden photo 1944

Private First Class Luther E. Halden

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 03, 1944 / Age: 30

Killed in action in France

Vernon O. Berg photo 1944

Private First Class Vernon O. Berg

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:27th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 07, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

William E. Lawrence photo 1944

Private First Class William E. Lawrence

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:First Marine Division

Date of Loss: September 15, 1944 / Age: 19

Killed in action in Peleliu, Palau Islands

Theodore R. Zech photo 1944

2nd Lieutenant Theodore R. Zech

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 16, 1944 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Germany

Edward J. Birch photo 1944

Staff Sergeant Edward J. Birch

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-17 Flying Fortress

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:32nd Bomber Squadron B-17 FLYING FORTRESS

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:15th US Army Air Forces

Date of Loss: July 26, 1944 / Age: 19

Killed in action in a plane that crashed in Austria, the plane departed Italy

Fred R. Ehni photo 1944

Private First Class Fred R. Ehni

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:899th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Date of Loss: July 17, 1944 / Age: 36

Killed in action in France

George E. Inkster photo 1944

Private George E. Inkster

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: June 09, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Saipan Marianas Island

Francis J. Harty photo 1944

Corporal Francis J. Harty

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: June 15, 1944 / Age: 22

Killed in action on Saipan Island

Herbert B. Glasow photo 1944

Private First Class Herbert B. Glasow

Davenport, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division

Date of Loss: January 19, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action in the Philippines.