State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Sergeant John Baumstarck
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:85th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 24, 1944 / Age: 18
Killed in action in Italy.
1944
Staff Sergeant Lawrence H. Meidl
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 18, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Italy
1944
Second Lieutenant Kenneth J. Spooner
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 23, 1944 / Age: 21
Died in service in a plane crash in Portland, Oregon
1944
Technician Fourth Grade Toivo T. Tuomie
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 20, 1944 / Age: 31
Died in service in North Africa.
1944
Private Thomas H. Kilchemann
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 30, 1944 / Age: 18
Killed in action in France
1944
Private First Class Kermit P. Rufsvold
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 04, 1944 / Age: 23
Died in service in Leyte, Philippine Islands
1944
Private First Class Carl E. Krenz
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:36th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 16, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Captain Keith G. Chatfield
Minot, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:102nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 29, 1944 / Age: 29
Killed in action when leading his company in an attack at the Roer River. While attempting to assist some of his men who had become casualties, he was fatally wounded.
1944
Staff Sergeant Ralph R. Bender
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:710th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: March 03, 1944 / Age: 21
Ralph was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-17 collided with B-17G #42-38075 and crashed in the North Sea near Wesermunde, Germany during the war
1944
Private First Class Raymond W. Winter
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 28, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Myitkyina, Burma
1944
Private First Class Ivan J. Ones
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:95th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 19, 1944 / Age: 28
Killed in action in France
1944
Staff Sergeant Oscar E. Lystad
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:776th Tank Battalion
Date of Loss: February 12, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Italy
1944
Private First Class Reuben Schatz
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:First Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 06, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1943
Sergeant Gordon R. Potter
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 22, 1943 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Oujda, French Morocco.
1943
Private Robert E. Docktor
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:7th Medical Battalion
Date of Loss: May 29, 1943 / Age: 21
Killed in action in North American Area
1943
Private Lawrence Thorson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 29, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action.