FALLEN
World War II (WWII)
1943
Corporal Willard Christianson
Spencer Township, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 28, 1943 / Age: 29
Killed in action in Tunisia.
1943
2nd Lieutenant Walter J. Romine
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 26, 1943 / Age: 26
Died in service at Camp Ellis, Illinois
1943
Ship's Cook 3c Jalmer Edwin Weitala
Guelph, NDWorld War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: December 26, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1943
1st Lieutenant Kenneth Saxhaug
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:18th Army Air Force Fighter Squadron
Date of Loss: March 02, 1943 / Age: 22
Airplane crash in the Aleutians.
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
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
Pvt. William W. Palensky
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 6th Infantry, 1st Armored Division
Date of Loss: April 24, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action in North Africa.
1943
Technician Fourth Grade Joseph "Joe" A. Krawczyk
Fried, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: January 13, 1943 / Age:
He went missing when he and 16 other individuals (+6 crew) boarded a C-47 on Guadalcanal for casualty evacuation to Efate Island, New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) which vanished in route. Died while in MIA status.
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
Private Benjamin Kleinsasser
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:41st Field Artillery Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Third Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 05, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1943
PFC Norman Togstad
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 776th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: November 29, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1943
Technical Sergeant Edward R. Beringer
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: August 15, 1943 / Age: 26
Killed in action in New Guinea
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
Private First Class Ardine M. Harstad
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:776th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: March 17, 1943 / Age: 27
Killed in action in North Africa
1943