State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
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
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
1943
Staff Sergeant George R. Krueger
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Man-O-War
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:323rd Squadron
Date of Loss: July 30, 1943 / Age: 25
After a bombing raid on the Messerschmitt factory in Kassel (Germany) the crew tried to get back to their base in England.
1943
Staff Sergeant Douglas V. Schmoker
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 22, 1943 / Age: 20
Died in service at Morrison Field, Florida.
1943
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.
1943
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.
1943
Seaman Second Class Ernest E. Wieber
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: August 04, 1943 / Age: 20
Died in service in Warden, Washington
1943
Private Frank Polensky
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Third Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 01, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1943
Staff Sergeant Daniel Holwagner
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 03, 1943 / Age: 26
Killed in action near Italy.
1943
Private First Class Coral L. Haagenson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 14, 1943 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1943
Second Lieutenant Blair E. Seitz
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 13, 1943 / Age: 32
Died in service in Anoka, MN
1943
Corporal Donald F. Ramhorst
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:776th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: November 08, 1943 / Age: 22
Died in service in Italy
1943
Sergeant Henry P. Fredrick
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 11, 1943 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Italy
1943
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.
1943