FALLEN
World War II (WWII)
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
Private First Class William F. Billings
Devils Lake, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 751st Tank Battalion
Date of Loss: February 06, 1943 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Oran, Algeria.
1943
Second Lieutenant Jay D. Abelein
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:348th Night Fighter Squadron
Date of Loss: July 26, 1943 / Age: 22
Died in service in Christmas, Fla
1943
Corporal Arthur O. Johnson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 14, 1943 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1943
Private First Class Leonard A. Willnow
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: 30
Died in service in Attu Island, Alaska
1943
Private First Class Edward N. Kniefel
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 01, 1943 / Age: 28
Killed in action in New Georgia
1943
Chief Water Tender Wesley E. Melander
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: May 06, 1943 / Age: 39
Died in service in Long Beach, California
1943
Second Lieutenant Roy W. Christianson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 23, 1943 / Age: 26
Their target on Jan. 23, 1943, was a large German submarine base at Lorient, France, on the Bay of Biscay. The U-boat port represented a major threat to Allied ships bringing troops, munitions and supplies to England.
1943
Ensign Thomas Potter
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: February 09, 1943 / Age: 25
Died in service in New York, New York.
1943
Warrant Officer Second Class Phelps W. Comrie
World War II (WWII)
Date of Loss: March 29, 1943 / Age: 27
Killed in action in a plane crash
1943
Private Harry R. Sieben
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 29, 1943 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Attu, Alaska
1943
Technician 5th Grade Vernon E. Anderson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 09, 1943 / Age: 23
Killed in action 9 Sep 43 Salerno, Italy
1943
Private First Class Raymond J. Miller
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 14, 1943 / Age: 31
Killed in action in Italy
1943
Second Lieutenant Raymond W. Baesler
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 14, 1943 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Guadalcanal
1943
Aviation Ordnanceman's Mate Third Class Omer L. Beauchamp
Olga, ND
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56)
Date of Loss: November 24, 1943 / Age:
Reported missing after the torpedoing of the escort aircraft carrier, USS Liscome Bay, near the Gilbert Islands, Kiribati. Remains not recovered.