FALLEN
World War II
1944
Private First Class Leonard M. Smestad
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 07, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in France
1944
2nd Lieutenant Kenneth R. Thompson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 28, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in the South Pacific Area.
1944
PFC Sam Ziegler
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 747th Tank Battalion
Date of Loss: September 02, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Sergeant Donald J. Bergeron
Kenmare, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 424th Bomber Squadron, 307th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: October 26, 1944 / Age: 19
Died while in MIA status. Memorialized at Manila American Cemetery.
1944
Corporal Fenn T. Straster
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 121st Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 27, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in the Netherlands.
1944
Cpl. Garner Douglas Webster
Mercer, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 1035 Sig CO
Date of Loss: September 04, 1944 / Age: 22
Died in Service. Non-Combat Jeep accident on 4 September 1944 in Italy. European African Middle Eastern Theater.
1944
Private First Class Samuel F. Linn
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 12, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Normandy, France
1944
Private First Class Orval E. Anderson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 17, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in Action 17 Aug 44, France
1944
Technical Sergeant Chester B. Henderickson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age: 31
On Christmas Eve 1944, the Belgium troopship SS Leopoldville, left the pier at Southampton, England with over 2,000 American soldiers assigned to the 66th Infantry Division and crossed the English Channel to France.
1944
Staff Sergeant Robert D. Smith
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 27, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands
1944
Technician 5th Grade Paul O. Thurn
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age: 32
Killed in action in France
1944
Sergeant Harold P. Mooney
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 18, 1944 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Naples, Italy
1944
PFC Clifford H. Wold
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 15, 1944 / Age: 30
Killed in action in France.
1944
Technician 4th Grade George A. Kalis
World War II
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
1944
Technician 5th Grade Lloyd V. Syverson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 25, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Belgium