State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Private Reuben Wacker
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:30th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 24, 1944 / Age: 30
Killed in action near France.
1944
Private James Gunville
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:40th Tank Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Armored Division
Date of Loss: August 31, 1944 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Verdun, France
1944
Corporal Walter Dietz
Grand Forks, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 26, 1944 / Age: 29
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Pharmacist's Mate 2nd Class Bernard N. Baumann
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: January 18, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in Action in Burma in a plane that was shot down by the Japanese
1944
Captain Norman E. Olson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:357th Fighter Squadron
Date of Loss: April 08, 1944 / Age: 29
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Private First Class Richard E. Haugen
Stevens, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 06, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1944
Technician Fifth Class Albert Schneider
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:743rd Tank Battalion
Date of Loss: November 19, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in the Netherlands.
1944
Technician Fourth Grade Dalton E. Howard
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:103rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 20, 1944 / Age: 35
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Second Lieutenant Orville L. Blumhagen
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:746th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: October 16, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Italy.
1944
Private Francis J. York
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 20, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands
1944
Private First Class Albert Albrecht
Temvik, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Second Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in France
1944
Technician Fifth Grade Arthur J. Stahlecker
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 29, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Holland
1944
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
1944
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.
1944
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.
1944
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