State Heroes

Private First Class Rudolph J. Hamann

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:34th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 31, 1943 / Age: 20

Killed in action near Italy.

Second Lieutenant John W. Powell

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 11, 1943 / Age: 21

Died in service in Romulus, Michigan

First Lieutenant George M. Reinholdt

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 09, 1943 / Age: 26

Killed when the bomber stalled and crashed while on a training flight, 3 miles north of Granbury in Hood County, Texas.

Second Lieutenant Douglas L. Mutchler

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:365th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: August 17, 1943 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Belgium

Private Sheldon J. Underdahl

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 22, 1943 / Age: 26

Lost at sea over the Atlantic Ocean aboard B-24D Liberator #41-23914 while on an anti-submarine patrol flight out of Langley Field, Virginia.

Private First Class Helmer O. Rude

Tolna, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:34th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 28, 1943 / Age: 32

Killed in action in Morocco.

Private Richard Monger

Rugby, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 162nd Infantry Medical Corps

Date of Loss: July 30, 1943 / Age: 24

Staff Sergeant Eldon F. Ressler

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: June 15, 1943 / Age: 29

Died in service in Alamogordo, New Mexico

Sergeant Gordon P. Lelm

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:34th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 08, 1943 / Age: 25

Killed in action in North Africa

Aviation Cadet John A. Sanborn

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 09, 1943 / Age: 22

Died in service in Moore Field, Texas

Second Lieutenant Roy W. Christianson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: January 23, 1943 / Age: 26

Their target on Jan. 23, 1943, was a large German submarine base at Lorient, France, on the Bay of Biscay. The U-boat port represented a major threat to Allied ships bringing troops, munitions and supplies to England.

Second Lieutenant Thomas B. Nelson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:535th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: October 08, 1943 / Age:

Killed in action near Belgium.

Private First Class Alfred L. Lindberg

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: November 24, 1943 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Bougainville

Sergeant Phillip Lohnes

Fort Totten, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: June 30, 1943 / Age: 27

Killed in Action, Pacific Theater on 30 June 1943. Buried in Section 84, Grave 403 Jefferson National Barracks, St Louis Missouri.

Name included on page 895 of the Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II

Warrant Officer Second Class Phelps W. Comrie

World War II (WWII)

Date of Loss: March 29, 1943 / Age: 27

Killed in action in a plane crash

First Sergeant Earl O. Carlson

World War I (WWI), World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion

Date of Loss: January 28, 1943 / Age: 47

Died in the Osaka Prison Camp