FALLEN
World War II
Pvt. Gottfried Merkel
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 11, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
![Carl F. Ekstrom photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/Carl%2520F%2520Ekstrom.jpg?itok=rR1vfeF0&cb=5b942938&cb=5b942938)
Capt. Carl F. Ekstrom
Grand Forks, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 358th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group
Date of Loss: December 30, 1943 / Age: 27
Killed in action near France.
![Howard F. King photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/Hoboken-WWII-Memorial_250.jpg?itok=4foOUK78&cb=2196ea67&cb=2196ea67)
Private Howard F. King
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 06, 1943 / Age: 21
Died in service in Wichita Falls, Texas
![Clarence H. Overby photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/Clarence%2520H%2520Overby.jpg?itok=ydEz2xpp&cb=46d512d0&cb=46d512d0)
Pvt. Clarence H. Overby
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 24, 1943 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Italy while engaging in carrying wounded from the field of battle, being a member of the hospital corps unit. He died when the Jeep he was riding in drove over a Teller mine.
Pvt. Arthur L. McKee
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 181st Fire Support Ship
Date of Loss: August 26, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
![Ernest L. Anderson photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/Ernest%2520L.%2520ANDERSON.jpg?itok=OWB6BtkZ&cb=f37d4a2c&cb=f37d4a2c)
1st Lt. Ernest L. Anderson
Fargo, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 558th Bomber Squadron, 387th Bomber Group, Medium
Date of Loss: August 31, 1943 / Age: 24
Killed in action in France.
![Orley E. Kjelgren photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/orley%20kjelgren.jpg?itok=FCQpGwIf&cb=e26dc078&cb=e26dc078)
Staff Sergeant Orley E. Kjelgren
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-24H #42-7613
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:704th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: December 22, 1943 / Age: 23
B-24H #42-7613 took off from USAAF Station 125, Bungay, England on a bombing mission over Onsabruck, Germany. They are believed to have been hit and shot down by ground anti-aircraft fire and crashed near Onsabruck during the war.
![Ramon V. Laughlin photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/ramon%20laughlin.jpg?itok=96f7epJh&cb=99d55f88&cb=99d55f88)
Fireman 1st Class Ramon V. Laughlin
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: April 10, 1943 / Age: 31
Died in service in Gulfport, Mississippi
![Arnold R. Achtenberg photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/Arnold%20Achtenberg.jpg?itok=_3iocCtS&cb=71754d19&cb=71754d19)
Private Arnold R. Achtenberg
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 18, 1943 / Age: 24
Killed in Action in Solomon Islands
![Melvin S. Bjordahl photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/Hoboken-WWII-Memorial.jpg?itok=Zvw-wfVr&cb=f9437978&cb=f9437978)
Sgt. Melvin S. Bjordahl
Linton, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 13, 1943 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Italy.
Corp. George J. Gillies
Pembina, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 18th Station Complement Squadron
Date of Loss: December 31, 1943 / Age: 28
Killed in action near England.
![Nils Eidsness photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/Hoboken-WWII-Memorial_119.jpg?itok=5E7LbmZc&cb=a60b719b&cb=a60b719b)
Private First Class Nils Eidsness
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 23, 1943 / Age: 38
Killed in action in Tunisia
![Vernie A. Ennis photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/vernie%20Ennis.jpeg?itok=K-aSHtEr&cb=7fe77f00&cb=7fe77f00)
Private First Class Vernie A. Ennis
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 29, 1943 / Age: 34
Killed in action in Alaska
![Ed Steffan photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/Hoboken-WWII-Memorial.jpg?itok=Zvw-wfVr&cb=f9437978&cb=f9437978)
Pvt. Ed Steffan
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 99th Signal Battalion
Date of Loss: November 13, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
![William D. Botkins photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/William%20Botkins.png?itok=bih90Xz5&cb=7544e559&cb=7544e559)
2nd Lieutenant William D. Botkins
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:45th Squadron
Date of Loss: July 11, 1943 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Sicily, Italy