State Heroes Total:
3938
Service Branch

World War II

Melvin O. Skhal photo 1944

Pvt. Melvin O. Skhal

Webster, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 18, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action in the Netherlands.

Herbert H. Hoehn photo 1944

Staff Sergeant Herbert H. Hoehn

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:84th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 09, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Germany

Unite L. Brodin photo 1944

Captain Unite L. Brodin

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:603rd Bomber Squadron

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

Killed in action in European Theater

Roland E. Feil photo 1944

Sgt. Roland E. Feil

Hebron, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 19, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near Italy.

Ronald L. Swalley photo 1944

Private Ronald L. Swalley

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: May 28, 1944 / Age: 32

Killed in action on Anzio Beach, Italy

Wallace A. Ronning photo 1944

Private Wallace A. Ronning

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 06, 1944 / Age: 20

Died in service at Camp Campbell, Kentucky

Donald B. Keller photo 1944

Aviation Cadet Donald B. Keller

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: January 06, 1944 / Age: 20

Died in service in Berry, Arizona

John Svenningsen photo 1944

Major John Svenningsen

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: January 26, 1944 / Age: 27

He died in service when the transport on which he was a passenger returning stateside, C-54ASkymaster #41-37292, crashed after takeoff in Accra (present day Ghana).

Thomas G. Root photo 1944

Staff Sergeant Thomas G. Root

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: February 25, 1944 / Age: 21

Died in service in Austria

Ronald J. Nicolson photo 1944

Private Ronald J. Nicolson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: September 04, 1944 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Brest, France

John Mintz photo 1944

Private First Class John Mintz

Monango, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 743rd Tank Battalion

Date of Loss: April 02, 1944 / Age:

Died in service in England.

Guy R. Follansbee photo 1944

Private Guy R. Follansbee

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:9th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: June 29, 1944 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Normady, France

Theodore W. Carlson photo 1944

PFC Theodore W. Carlson

Cogswell, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 12, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Wellington E. Landis photo 1944

2nd Lt. Wellington E. Landis

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 788th Bomber Squadron, 467th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: April 22, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action. Lt. Landis was the Navigator on Lt. James Roden's B-24 crew. He was killed when their aircraft was shot down while returning from a mission over Hamm, Germany.

George V. Olson photo 1944

CPL George V. Olson

Banks, ND

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: January 21, 1944 / Age:

Died at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii