State Heroes Total:
3940
Service Branch

World War II (WWII)

William F. Menke photo 1944

Technician 4th Grade William F. Menke

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division

Date of Loss: October 19, 1944 / Age: 31

Died in service in Springfield, Missouri

Mark A. Ehlis photo 1944

Private First Class Mark A. Ehlis

Mandan, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: August 01, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in France.

Leslie L. McCrorie photo 1944

Staff Sgt. Leslie L. McCrorie

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 382nd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 04, 1944 / Age: 30

Killed in action on November 04, 1944 in the Philippines.

 

William L. Braun photo 1944

Sergeant William L. Braun

Sterling, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:101st Airborne Division

Date of Loss: October 01, 1944 / Age: 25

Killed in action in Holland.

Marvin E. Nurnberger photo 1944

2nd Lieutenant Marvin E. Nurnberger

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: May 23, 1944 / Age: 27

Killed in action in Italy

Herbert Fried photo 1944

Technical Sergeant Herbert Fried

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:338th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: April 11, 1944 / Age: 29

Killed in action in a plane that crashed in the Baltic Sea, about 55 miles E of Sassnitz. The cause of the crash was enemy aircraft.

Ervin L. Klauss photo 1944

Staff Sgt. Ervin L. Klauss

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 95th Evacuation Hospital

Date of Loss: February 07, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near Italy.

Kenneth L. Wolf photo 1944

2nd Lieutenant Kenneth L. Wolf

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 21, 1944 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Germany

Norman K. Mahlum photo 1944

Private Norman K. Mahlum

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 03, 1944 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Holland

Duane F. Boyer photo 1944

Private First Class Duane F. Boyer

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 06, 1944 / Age: 25

Killed in action in Aachen, Städteregion Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Harold V. Shogren photo 1944

Technical Sergeant Harold V. Shogren

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: June 17, 1944 / Age: 28

Killed in action in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

John D. Milks photo 1944

Private John D. Milks

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: December 06, 1944 / Age: 19

Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands

Lenhart O'Brien photo 1944

PFC Lenhart P. O'Brien

Cathay

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 16th Postal Regulation Section

Date of Loss: April 22, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near England.

Rudolph L.  Jenson photo 1944

1st Lieutenant Rudolph L. Jenson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-17G #42-31695

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:369th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: February 22, 1944 / Age: 26

B-17G #42-31695 took off, with a crew of 10, from Station 111 Thurleigh, England on a bombing mission over Bernburg, Germany.

John Marzolf photo 1944

Pvt. John Marzolf

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 04, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.