State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Private Peter B. Patnaude
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in France
1944
Private Gordon L. Martilla
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:63rd Field Artillery Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 23, 1944 / Age: 23
Died in service in Leyte, Philippine Islands from wounds sustained in battle
1944
Staff Sergeant Milton S. Sivertson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 13, 1944 / Age: 26
Died in service in France
1944
Private Dale E. Nelson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 20, 1944 / Age: 19
Died in service in Germany
1944
Sergeant Donald L. Lillehaug
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 06, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Staff Sergeant Andrew J. Schaaf
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 04, 1944 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Normandy, France
1944
Staff Sergeant Delmar D. McBeth
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 28, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Utrecht, Holland
1944
Private First Class Leonard M. Smestad
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 07, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in France
1944
Second Lieutenant Kenneth R. Thompson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 28, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in the South Pacific Area.
1944
Private First Class Roland Kramer
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:27th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 09, 1944 / Age: 26
Died in service in Saipan; Not confirmed however family has understood that his unit was landed on the wrong beach in Saipan and the Japanese wiped out the entire unit before they even got to the beach.
1944
Private First Class Samuel F. Linn
World War II (WWII)
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
Staff Sergeant Robert D. Smith
World War II (WWII)
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 Fifth Grade Paul O. Thurn
World War II (WWII)
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 (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 18, 1944 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Naples, Italy
1944
Private First Class Solomon Kalil
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:5th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: November 08, 1944 / Age: 32
Killed in action in France
1944
Technician Fifth Grade Lloyd V. Syverson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 25, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Belgium