State Heroes

Seaman 1st Class Gordon T. Dahl

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Ingraham DD-444

Date of Loss: August 22, 1942 / Age: 21

Killed in action on the Ingraham. The destroyer Ingraham on July 19, 1941 and with the outbreak of World War II commenced escort duty for convoys sailing from New York and Halifax to the British Isles.

Sergeant Raymond G. Holzworth

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division

Date of Loss: November 01, 1942 / Age: 23

Killed in action in the South Pacific

Private First Class Leslie C. Huffstutler

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division

Date of Loss: November 26, 1942 / Age: 29

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Sergeant Bernard E. Starkenberg

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 14, 1942 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

First Lieutenant Thomas L. Morgan

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:341st Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: October 21, 1942 / Age:

Lieutenant Morgan was a Bombardier on B-17 (serial #41-24344) that took off on a mission to Lorient, Occupied France, on 21 October 1942. The mission encountered adverse weather disturbances, and many of the planes were forced to turn back.

Boatswain's Mate Second Class Rolland C. Johnson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Coast Guard

Date of Loss: September 09, 1942 / Age: 22

Officers and crew of USS Muskeget (WAG 48) were lost At 15.16 hours on 9 September 1942 when U-755 fired a spread of three torpedoes at an auxiliary vessel and heard two hits, followed by sinking noises.

Private First Class Eddie M. Nelson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: July 12, 1942 / Age: 20

Died in service at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Private Francis R. Heminger

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:32nd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 25, 1942 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Private Alphie V. Tooke

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 04, 1942 / Age: 22

Died in service in Columbia, South Carolina

Gunner's Mate First Class Emil J. Rogalla

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: May 07, 1942 / Age: 36

Killed in action in the Pacific Area

Private Robert D. Newman

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division

Date of Loss: October 26, 1942 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Private First Class George E. Kudrna

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 26, 1942 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Second Lieutenant Albert F. Whitney

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division

Date of Loss: November 23, 1942 / Age: 27

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Private Steingrimur Steinolfson

Thinvalla Township, ND

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:32nd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 06, 1942 / Age: 28

Killed-in-action in Papua, New Guinea

PVT Steven Zakopayko

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 15, 1942 / Age:

Died at Guadal Canal, Solomon Islands

Private Floyd M. Elton

Berg, ND

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: January 11, 1942 / Age:

Died at Albany, Georgia