State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Technician Fourth Class Edwin A. Germann
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:753rd Tank Battalion
Date of Loss: May 24, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Staff Sergeant Gerhard A. Skjefte
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 02, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Italy
1944
Sergeant Harold M. Moberg
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 06, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Brachwitz, Germany
1944
Private First Class Wallace V. Johnson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:27th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 03, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in the Marianas Island
1944
Private First Class Bill M. Erickson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 13, 1944 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Italy
1944
Private Aloysius J. Streifel
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 23, 1944 / Age: 19
Killed in action in France
1944
Private First Class Arthur H. Ries
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 11, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in France
1944
Private First Class Elmer E. Kouba
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:95th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 17, 1944 / Age: 38
Killed in action in France
1944
Private First Class Clifford H. Wold
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 15, 1944 / Age: 30
Killed in action in France.
1944
Private First Class Frank A. Schan
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Fifth Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 12, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in France
1944
Fireman First Class Robert D. Frank
West Fargo, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: January 30, 1944 / Age: 24
The Chicago, in what was known as the Battle of Rennell Island, was first hit by two torpedoes on January 29th and disabled. Multiple crewmen were lost in this first attack.
1944
Private Gordon R. Quill
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Eight Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 09, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Private First Class Jeroy Christianson
Steele, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:30th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 09, 1944 / Age: 27
Killed in action near France.
1944
Sergeant Michael Kahl
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 25, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Private Roger J. Muggli
Golden Valley, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:80th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 28, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Captain Norman H. Nelson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 313th Fighter Squadron
Date of Loss: July 02, 1944 / Age: 24
He was a passenger aboard Cessna Bobcat UC-78 #43-7528 when he was killed on July 2, 1944, in a plane crash in England.