State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Private Floyd C. Lively
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:79th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 06, 1944 / Age: 35
Killed in action in France
1944
Sergeant Arnold P. Schmitt
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 07, 1944 / Age: 36
Died in service of a hemorrhage at Brooke Army Hospital, San Antonio, Texas.
1944
Sergeant Francis A. Fee
Ops Township, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Fourth Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age: 28
Killed in action near France.
1944
Ensign Kenneth C. McKay
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: April 28, 1944 / Age: 22
Died in service in Rockland, Maine
1944
Private Anton Pfeifer
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:95th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 30, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Staff Sergeant Roy A. Torkelson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 23, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action in England
1944
Private First Class John Mintz
Monango, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:743rd Tank Battalion
Date of Loss: April 02, 1944 / Age:
Died in service in England.
1944
Private John Kavaney
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 03, 1944 / Age: 29
Killed in action in Normandy, France
1944
Technician Fifth Grade Clifford R. Swanson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 13, 1944 / Age: 19
Died in service in Lorraine, France
1944
Second Lieutenant Wellington E. Landis
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:788th Bomber Squadron
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.
1944
Second Lieutenant Eugene K. Wicks
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 28, 1944 / Age: 21
Died in service in Fresno, California
1944
Private First Class Conrad E. Olson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: August 30, 1944 / Age: 23
Died in service in Mariana Islands
1944
Second Lieutenant Bruce E. Buchholz
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:492nd Bombardment Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:10th Air Force
Date of Loss: August 18, 1944 / Age: 20
2nd Lt Buchholz was killed in action when he was the pilot of B-24J #42-73080 that crashed on final approach to Kurmitola airbase in India, having flown from Kunming China. All aboard, except the co-pilot, were killed.
1944
Sergeant Leo J. Peyton
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 07, 1944 / Age: 24
Died in service in India
1944
Staff Sergeant Loris M. Espeseth
Eldorado, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:418th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: November 20, 1944 / Age: 20
Killed in action in England.
1944
Sergeant Clyde J. McMillian
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 27, 1944 / Age: 42
Killed in action in Gravelotte, France