State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Private Gladwin L. Roberts
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:82nd Airborne Division
Date of Loss: June 15, 1944 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Normandy, France
1944
Staff Sergeant Malcolm B. Nelson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 07, 1944 / Age: 26
Killer in action in France
1944
Staff Sergeant Peter G. Krebs
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:95th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 02, 1944 / Age: 26
Died in service in France
1944
Corporal Ruben F. Welk
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:4th Air Force
Date of Loss: December 22, 1944 / Age: 19
On December 22, 1944 he was on the crew of the B-24J Liberator #44-40523 when they departed from Muroc Field in California during a routine training flight. They crashed and exploded during a snowstorm on Mount Gleason north of Glendale, California
1944
Staff Sergeant Eugene L. Little
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 04, 1944 / Age: 32
Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands
1944
Staff Sergeant Larry S. Schlasinger
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 11, 1944 / Age: 21
Died in service in England
1944
Sergeant John R. McGee
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 13, 1944 / Age: 32
Killed in action in Italy
1944
Private First Class Palmer O. Swenson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 30, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Linderman, Germany
1944
Private Lester A. Kubousek
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:5th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: September 19, 1944 / Age: 19
Killed in action in France
1944
Aviation Ordnanceman Second Class Robert E. Traynor
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: October 30, 1944 / Age: 20
Killed in action in the Asiatic Area.
1944
Private First Class Carl A. Rosling
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:27th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 12, 1944 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Saipan
1944
Private Russell A. Nielson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 14, 1944 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Italy
1944
Private First Class Philip E. Kupper
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 23, 1944 / Age: 29
Killed in action in France
1944
Flight Officer Edward G. Wild Jr.
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 03, 1944 / Age: 20
Died in service in Lancaster, California
1944
Technical Sergeant Leo D. Ballegeer
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:28th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 19, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action during the Battle of the Bulge, Belgium
1944
Private First Class Athniel W. Gebhard
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:80th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 08, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.