State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1943
Private First Class Dorick J. Sauvageau
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 05, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
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
1943
Staff Sergeant Marvin T. Charlson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:525th Bomb Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:8th Air Force
Date of Loss: August 17, 1943 / Age: 22
Was on the B-17 42-29830 "Peter Wabbit" that Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt raid 17-Aug-43. Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Dorrebach, 6 miles W of Bingen, Germany Killed in Action (KIA). Missing Aircrew Report 1350
1943
Private First Class Thomas L. Pyne
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 28, 1943 / Age: 24
Killed in action in the North Africa Area.
1943
Technician Fifth Grade Harold H. Stickel
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 31, 1943 / Age: 27
Died in service in the North African Area
1943
Second Lieutenant Donald W. Remfrey
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 20, 1943 / Age: 27
Donald died in the "Line Of Duty" during a mid-air collision with another plane 46 miles southwest of Chickasha, Oklahoma during the war.
1943
Machinist's Mate First Class Orville E. Carman
Valley City, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: August 23, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action off the coast of Nova Scotia while on the USS Ingraham, which sunk after a collission with the USS Chemung.
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
Staff Sergeant Earl R. Robinson
Mohall, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:548th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: November 29, 1943 / Age:
He failed to return from a bombing mission, his 15th, over Germany. He enlisted October 22, 1941, and trained at Harlingen, TX. Died while in MIA status.
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
First Lieutenant Ernest L. Anderson
Fargo, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:558th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: August 31, 1943 / Age: 24
Killed in action in France.
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