State Heroes

Private Theodore J. Nelson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Fourth Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 24, 1944 / Age: 21

Killed in action near Belgium.

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

Staff Sergeant Bernard J. Wolfe

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:35th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 08, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

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

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 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 Paul J. Yankton

Fort Totten, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 29, 1944 / Age: 22

Died in Service 29 November 1944. France

Second Lieutenant Bryce A. Ralston

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:395th Fighter Squadron

Date of Loss: December 23, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action in Germany. Shot down by fighter near Kruft.

Second 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

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

Staff Sergeant Leo F. Baumgartner

Strasburg, 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: 28

Killed in action at the beginning of operation Cobra.

Private First Class Arthur S. Whitson

Hillsboro, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:85th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 13, 1944 / Age: 25

Killed in action in Toscana, Italy.

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

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