State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1943
Staff Sergeant Oscar H. Hassebrock
Hebron, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:337th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: October 08, 1943 / Age: 22
Killed in action near Belgium.
1943
Private Raymond Calheim
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:50th Engineer Combat Battalion
Date of Loss: May 29, 1943 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Attu, Alaska
1943
Private First Class Henry Gurke
Neche, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3D Marine Raider Battalion
Date of Loss: November 09, 1943 / Age: 21
Private First Class Gurke, in company with another Marine, was delivering a fierce stream of fire against the main vanguard of the Japanese.
1943
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
1943
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.
1943
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
1943
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.
1943
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
1943
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.
1943
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
1943
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.
1943
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
1943
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
1943
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
World War I (WWI), World War II (WWII)
1943
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
1943
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