State Heroes Total:
3939
Service Branch

World War II

Theodore Robert Buck photo 1944

Private Theodore Buck

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: H Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:33rd Armored Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Armored Division

Date of Loss: August 11, 1944 / Age: 24

Edward G. Wild Jr. photo 1944

Flight Officer Edward G. Wild Jr.

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 03, 1944 / Age: 20

Died in service in Lancaster, California

Leo D. Ballegeer photo 1944

Technical Sergeant Leo D. Ballegeer

World War II

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

William L. Pierce photo 1944

2nd Lieutenant William L. Pierce

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: May 23, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Italy

Edward G. Meath photo 1944

1st Lieutenant Edward G. Meath

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 08, 1944 / Age: 29

Killed in action in France

Donald Hosie photo 1944

Private Donald Hosie

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: September 24, 1944 / Age: 19

Killed in action in Holland

Thomas H. Klichemann photo 1944

Private Thomas H. Kilchemann

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 30, 1944 / Age: 18

Killed in action in France

Lewis F. Ruffcorn photo 1944

Corporal Lewis F. Ruffcorn

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: December 30, 1944 / Age: 29

Died in service in Topeka, Kansas

Bennie G. Nordgaard photo 1944

Private First Class Bennie G. Nordgaard

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: September 09, 1944 / Age: 32

Killed in action in France

Curtis G. Hagen photo 1944

Private First Class Curtis G. Hagen

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 07, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Anzio, Italy

William F. Menke photo 1944

Technician 4th Grade William F. Menke

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division

Date of Loss: October 19, 1944 / Age: 31

Died in service in Springfield, Missouri

Marvin E. Nurnberger photo 1944

2nd Lieutenant Marvin E. Nurnberger

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:34th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: May 23, 1944 / Age: 27

Killed in action in Italy

Herbert Fried photo 1944

Technical Sergeant Herbert Fried

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:338th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: April 11, 1944 / Age: 29

Killed in action in a plane that crashed in the Baltic Sea, about 55 miles E of Sassnitz. The cause of the crash was enemy aircraft.

Roy W. Shoenhut photo 1944

2nd Lieutenant Roy W. Shoenhut

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 13, 1944 / Age: 27

Killed in action in Germany

Vernon B. Jensen photo 1944

Flight Officer Vernon B. Jensen

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:82nd Troop Carrier Squadron

Date of Loss: June 06, 1944 / Age: 31

He was a glider pilot in support of the D-Day landings at Normandy in what was known as Glider Operation Neptune.