State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1943
First Lieutenant Richard T. Walsh
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:465th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: January 24, 1943 / Age: 27
Passenger and sole fatality aboard A-20B Havoc #41-2989 when the twin engine attack bomber crashed into Mobile Bay, Alabama.
1943
Corporal Eugene P. Marquart
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 10, 1943 / Age: 19
Died in service in Norfolk, Virgina
1943
Private First Class William Gegelmann
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:62nd Armed Field Artillery Battalion
Date of Loss: July 12, 1943 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Sicily
1943
Private Donat J. Collette
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 07, 1943 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Rome, Italy
1943
Private Donald R. Thue
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 29, 1943 / Age: 22
Died in service in Sacramento, California
1943
Chief Commissaryman Norman G. Monson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: August 05, 1943 / Age: 25
Died in service in North Carolina
1943
Staff Sergeant George R. Krueger
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Man-O-War
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:323rd Squadron
Date of Loss: July 30, 1943 / Age: 25
After a bombing raid on the Messerschmitt factory in Kassel (Germany) the crew tried to get back to their base in England.
1943
Staff Sergeant Douglas V. Schmoker
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 22, 1943 / Age: 20
Died in service at Morrison Field, Florida.
1943
Seaman Second Class Ernest E. Wieber
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: August 04, 1943 / Age: 20
Died in service in Warden, Washington
1943
Private First Class Coral L. Haagenson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 14, 1943 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1943
Second Lieutenant Blair E. Seitz
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 13, 1943 / Age: 32
Died in service in Anoka, MN
1943
Corporal Donald F. Ramhorst
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:776th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: November 08, 1943 / Age: 22
Died in service in Italy
1943
Sergeant Henry P. Fredrick
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 11, 1943 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Italy
1943
First Lieutenant Reuben P. Ruud
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: November 27, 1943 / Age: 23
Killed in action in the Gilbert Islands
1943
Major George N. Powell
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 14, 1943 / Age: 51
Died in service in Queensland, Australia
1943
Private First Class Anthony R. Michels
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:30th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 30, 1943 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Tunisia, North Africa