State Heroes Total:
3940
Service Branch

World War II

Sam A. Metzner photo 1944

PFC Sam A. Metzner

Fort Rice, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: June 09, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Reuben Wacker photo 1944

Private Reuben Wacker

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:119th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:30th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 24, 1944 / Age: 30

Killed in action near France.

Jack C. Beckwith photo 1944

Private First Class Jack C. Beckwith

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:99th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 16, 1944 / Age: 20

On December 15, 1944, he was with members of Company C on Hill 627 in the woods near Wahlerscheid, Germany, when the men came under attack from multiple German artillery barrages.

LaVerne J. Mellom photo 1944

Private First Class LaVerne J. Mellom

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 16, 1944 / Age: 24

Died in service in New Guinea

Albert Schneider photo 1944

Tech. 5c Albert Schneider

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: November 19, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action in the Netherlands.

Stanley T. Hubbard photo 1944

Private Stanley T. Hubbard

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: January 06, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Mignona, Italy

Norval Staples photo 1944

Private First Class Norval Staples

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: September 15, 1944 / Age: 21

Died in service on Palau Island

Dale H. Ellingson photo 1944

Pvt. Dale H. Ellingson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 776th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Date of Loss: July 05, 1944 / Age: 25

Killed in action near Italy.

Alvin Overby photo 1944

PFC Alvin Overby

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 320th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: August 13, 1944 / Age: 25

Killed in action in France.

Duane E. MacKenzie photo 1944

Staff Sergeant Duane E. MacKenzie

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: August 25, 1944 / Age: 19

Died in service in France

Milton H. Underdahl photo 1944

Staff Sgt. Milton H. Underdahl

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 330th Bomber Squadron, 93rd Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: September 21, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Belgium.

Luther E. Halden photo 1944

Private First Class Luther E. Halden

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 03, 1944 / Age: 30

Killed in action in France

Vernon O. Berg photo 1944

Private First Class Vernon O. Berg

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:27th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 07, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

Leonard A. Powell photo 1944

Staff Sergeant Leonard A. Powell

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 06, 1944 / Age: 27

Killed in action in Normandy, France

Gilbert Engen photo 1944

PFC Gilbert Engen

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: December 12, 1944 / Age: