State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Private Ernest E. Mellum
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:29th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 12, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Private First Class Earl L. Boyer
St. Joseph, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:29th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 09, 1944 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Belgium
1944
Private First Class Glen P. McGhan
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:66th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Private First Class Robert H. Klose
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:30th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 07, 1944 / Age:
Brother to Staff Sergeant Kenneth A. Klose who died earlier on March 22, 1943 aboard a B25-H Aircraft.
1944
Private Waldemar J. Hagen
Hillsboro, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Third Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
Date of Loss: August 25, 1944 / Age: 34
Killed in action near France.
1944
Private First Class Lenhart P. O'Brien
Cathay
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 16th Postal Regulation Section
Date of Loss: April 22, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near England.
1944
Private First Class Rhienhold E. Bonnett
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 16, 1944 / Age: 27
Killed in action in France
1944
Sergeant Gerhard P. Moen
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 11, 1944 / Age: 31
Killed in action in France
1944
Sergeant Lloyd I. Nelson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 08, 1944 / Age: 26
He arrived overseas in October 1942. He was injured during the D-Day invasion when his unit landed on the beaches of Normandy, France. Two days later he died of his wounds.
1944
Second Lieutenant Willard V. Ofsthun
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:4th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 09, 1944 / Age: 33
Killed in action in France
1944
Petty Officer Third Class Duane F. Brash
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: October 19, 1944 / Age: 24
Missing in action from approximately 1530, 19 October 1944.
1944
Corporal Moody Schimke
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: February 19, 1944 / Age: 24
Died in service in Enimetok, Marshall Islands
1944
Technical Sergeant Axel R. Peterson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: February 15, 1944 / Age: 29
Killed in action in Cassino, Italy
1944
Private First Class Allen G. Tolliver
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 27, 1944 / Age: 26
Died in service in Collumtan, England
1944
Technician Fourth Grade George A. Kalis
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:27th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 09, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Saipan
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