State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
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
1944
Private First Class Elwood M. Patterson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:8th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 18, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Private First Class Donald R. Gingrey
Steele, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:35th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 18, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Chaplain - Captain Floyd N. Richert
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: May 12, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near England.
1944
Aviation Cadet Sverre A. Sjue
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 08, 1944 / Age: 25
Died in service in Phoenix, Arizona after getting hit by a car.
1944
Private First Class Bennie O. Thompson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 09, 1944 / Age: 25
Died in service in Alaska.
1944
Private First Class Jacob J. Miltenberger
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: February 22, 1944 / Age: 23
Died in service in Ft Hase, Hawaii
1944
Sergeant Everett L. Corbin
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:95th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 14, 1944 / Age: 27
Killed in action near France.
1944
Staff Sergeant Gahlord G. Johnson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 08, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Private Kelly H. Stempson
Rugby, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 25, 1944 / Age: 34
Killed in action near France.
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 Reinhold Gartner
Hebron, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Second Armored Division
Date of Loss: August 03, 1944 / Age: 31
Killed in action near 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
Private Russell L. Naffziger
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:501st Parachute Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: October 08, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
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
Sergeant John Baumstarck
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:85th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 24, 1944 / Age: 18
Killed in action in Italy.