State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Sergeant William L. Braun
Sterling, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: October 01, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Holland.
Private First Class Robert S. Niles
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 13, 1944 / Age: 30
Killed in action near France.
Private First Class John L. Mann
Huff, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Third Armored Division
Date of Loss: August 02, 1944 / Age: 28
Killed in action near France.
Staff Sergeant Harold G. Josewski
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:567th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: April 10, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in a crash over Normandy. Crew member of the aircraft "Flak Magnet".
1944
Private First Class James A. Diemert
Eckelson Township, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:82nd Airborne Division
Date of Loss: December 21, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action near Belgium.
1944
Private First Class Antone A. Gieser
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 31, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
Staff Sergeant James T. Reynolds
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:103rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 17, 1944 / Age:
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 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