State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Staff Sergeant Edward J. Birch
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-17 Flying Fortress
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:32nd Bomber Squadron B-17 FLYING FORTRESS
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:15th US Army Air Forces
Date of Loss: July 26, 1944 / Age: 19
Killed in action in a plane that crashed in Austria, the plane departed Italy
1944
Aviation Radioman Curtis L. Wright Jr.
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Yorktown
Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Yap Island
1944
Private First Class Orville R. Overby
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:9th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 11, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Private First Class Louis J. Mangold
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 22, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in New Guinea
1944
Private First Class Walter Cerny
Lark, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 19, 1944 / Age: 29
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Staff Sergeant Rueben S. Tastad
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 12, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
1944
Staff Sergeant Hilmen E. Erickson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 12, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Private First Class Lloyd R. Miller
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 07, 1944 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands
1944
Private First Class Fred R. Ehni
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:899th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: July 17, 1944 / Age: 36
Killed in action in France
1944
Second Lieutenant Alvin E. Stocking
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:36th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 02, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in France
1944
Seaman First Class Arthur F. Nappen
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: January 12, 1944 / Age: 21
Died in service in Stirling Island
1944
Staff Sergeant Theodore Knapp
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:323rd Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: November 02, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Private George E. Inkster
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 09, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Saipan Marianas Island
1944
Private First Class Clayton E. Verke
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:91st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Italy
1944
Corporal Francis J. Harty
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: June 15, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Saipan Island
1944
Private First Class Elwood M. Patterson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:8th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 18, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Germany