State Heroes

Private First Class Earl K. Grodt

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:91st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: September 19, 1944 / Age: 28

Killed in action in Italy

Staff Sergeant Darwin H. Raatz

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:30th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 02, 1944 / Age: 25

Killed in action in Germany

Private William C. Baker

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 03, 1944 / Age: 30

 Killed in action 3 Nov 44 Germany

Flight Officer Hadley D. Baldwin

Lisbon, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 1st Air Commando Group

Date of Loss: May 09, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action. Burma. Remains not recovered.

Staff Sergeant Ingwal J. Hermanson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:446th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: December 10, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near Italy.

Staff Sergeant Anton Schweitzer

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: September 19, 1944 / Age: 28

Killed in action near France.

Private First Class Robert E. Rupert

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 25, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands

Private First Class Albert B. Buchert

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:27th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 08, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action at Salpan Islands

Private First Class John A. Fadness

Eastman Township, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:First Infantry Division

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

Killed in action in England.

Private First Class William A. Davis

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: June 22, 1944 / Age: 27

Killed in action in New Guinea

Private First Class Palmer R. Onsgard

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: June 16, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action in France

First Lieutenant Lester R. Maack

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:96th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 05, 1944 / Age: 34

Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands

Private Harold L. Johnson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 17, 1944 / Age: 34

Killed in action in Germany

First Lieutenant John C. Campbell

Sherwood, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:407th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: April 30, 1944 / Age: 21

Killed in action near France. 

Staff Sergeant Arthur S. Knutson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:333 Field Artillery Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:38 Infantry Division

Date of Loss: May 12, 1944 / Age: 25

Killed in Action 12 May 1944, Italy.

Buried in Evanger Cemetery Norma North Dakota.

Name included on page 784 of Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II1941-1945.

Second Lieutenant Gilmore W. Harper

Cartwright, ND

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: September 16, 1944 / Age: