State Heroes

Sergeant Elmer G. Berg

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Third Battalion

Date of Loss: November 12, 1943 / Age: 29

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

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 John P. Miller

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: May 21, 1943 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Attu Island

Technical Sergeant Albert C. Johnson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:9th AAF Bomber Squadron

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:10th Air Force

Date of Loss: December 01, 1943 / Age: 37

Johnson was the flight engineer on B-24J #42-73183, serving with the 10th Air Force. They were part of a formation of B-24s on a bombing mission to Insein, Burma, near Rangoon.

Private Raymond H. Johnson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 31, 1943 / Age: 22

Killed in action in North Africa

2nd Lieutenant Clarence L. Bonderud

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division

Date of Loss: January 14, 1943 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Major Charles H. Colwell

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:26th squadron

Date of Loss: June 02, 1943 / Age: 28

Killed in action when his plane crashed in Eastern Assam Province, India

Private First Class Fred Huss

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2640th Quartermaster Truck Battalion

Date of Loss: April 22, 1943 / Age:

Killed in action in North Africa.

Staff Sergeant Larus T. Snydal

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:527th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: June 11, 1943 / Age: 24

Died while in MIA status. Killed on a mission to Wilhelmshaven, flying aboard 42-3099.

Private Elmer A. Puppe

Hensel, ND

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:First Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Third Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 19, 1943 / Age: 26

Service number 6858086, died of shell fragment wounds during the Naples-Foggia Campaign in the area between Naples and Rome.

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

Captain Walter W. Webster

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

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: March 16, 1943 / Age: 54

Died in service in Chester, Pennsylvania