State Heroes Total:
3940
Service Branch

World War II

Leonard A. Powell photo 1944

Staff Sergeant Leonard A. Powell

World War II

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

Robert P. Ployhar photo 1944

Pvt. Robert P. Ployhar

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 409th Infantry Regiment, 103th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 15, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Ole Monger photo 1944

PFC Ole Monger

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 06, 1944 / Age: 25

Killed in action near Luxembourg.

William E. Lawrence photo 1944

Private First Class William E. Lawrence

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st 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

Branch of Service: Army

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

Killed in action in Germany

Herman E. Lange photo 1944

PFC Herman E. Lange

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 329th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Curtis L. Wright Jr. photo 1944

Aviation Radioman Curtis L. Wright Jr.

World War II

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

Orville R. Overby photo 1944

Private First Class Orville R. Overby

World War II

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

Louis J. Mangold photo 1944

Private First Class Louis J. Mangold

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 22, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action in New Guinea

Ingwal J. Hermanson photo 1944

Staff Sgt. Ingwal J. Hermanson

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 446th Bomber Squadron, 321st Bomber Group, Medium

Date of Loss: December 10, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near Italy.

Edward J. Birch photo 1944

Staff Sergeant Edward J. Birch

World War II

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

Rueben S. Tastad photo 1944

Staff Sergeant Rueben S. Tastad

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 12, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.

Lloyd R. Miller photo 1944

Private First Class Lloyd R. Miller

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 07, 1944 / Age: 27

Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands

John A. Fadness photo 1944

PFC John A. Fadness

Eastman Township, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: August 23, 1944 / Age: 22

Killed in action in England.

Alvin E. Stocking photo 1944

2nd Lieutenant Alvin E. Stocking

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:36th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 02, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in France