State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Private First Class Orval E. Anderson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 17, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in Action 17 Aug 44, France
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
Technical Sergeant Chester B. Henderickson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age: 31
On Christmas Eve 1944, the Belgium troopship SS Leopoldville, left the pier at Southampton, England with over 2,000 American soldiers assigned to the 66th Infantry Division and crossed the English Channel to France.
1944
Second Lieutenant James J. Ford
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:894th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: February 11, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
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
Private First Class Glenn W. Moors
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:41st Infantry Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Second Armored Division
Date of Loss: September 21, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Belgium.
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
1944
Private Alfred Neuharth
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 14, 1944 / Age: 25
Died in service in Germany
1944
Staff Sergeant Elphie E. Ledoux
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:104th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 06, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in the Netherlands.
1944
Private First Class Krist Wentz
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:31st Tank Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Seventh Armored Division
Date of Loss: October 30, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Belgium.
1943
Second Lieutenant Raymond W. Baesler
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 14, 1943 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Guadalcanal
1943
Private First Class Fred A. Lokken
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 29, 1943 / Age: 36
Killed in action in Aleutian Islands
1943
Private First Class Duane M. Brown
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Marine Division, FMF
Date of Loss: November 20, 1943 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati