FALLEN
World War II (WWII)
1943
Private First Class Richard D. Jacobson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:804th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: May 22, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action in North Africa.
1943
Private First Class Manville Thorson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 02, 1943 / Age: 31
Killed in action in Southwest Pacific Area
1943
Captain Orville J. Fossum
Fargo, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: "82nd Infantry
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:81st Philippine Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 11, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1943
Private First Class Albert L. Morrow
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:107th Coast Artillery Battalion
Date of Loss: July 19, 1943 / Age:
Wounded during the Battle for Sicily and died from wounds in North Africa.
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
Second Lieutenant Jack D. Lepird
Fargo, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:352nd Fighter Squadron
Date of Loss: July 24, 1943 / Age: 21
Killed in action in England.
1943
Private First Class Harvey A. Peterson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 25, 1943 / Age: 32
Killed in action on Attu Island
1943
Seaman Second Class Harold Solomon
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: August 04, 1943 / Age: 21
Died in service in Moses Lake, Washington
1943
Machinist's Mate First Class Orville E. Carman
Valley City, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: August 23, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action off the coast of Nova Scotia while on the USS Ingraham, which sunk after a collission with the USS Chemung.
1943
Private First Class Wallace A. Pearson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:45th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 20, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1943
Metalsmith First Class Vernon J. Roth
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: February 05, 1943 / Age: 32
Died in service in Kodiak, Alaska.
1943
Private First Class Arnold Seidel
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 14, 1943 / Age: 25
Died in service in Australia
1943
Private Clarence H. Overby
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Third Medical Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Third Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 24, 1943 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Italy while engaging in carrying wounded from the field of battle, being a member of the hospital corps unit. He died when the Jeep he was riding in drove over a Teller mine.
1943
Private First Class Louis A. Dionne
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 29, 1943 / Age: 31
Killed in action in North America
1943
Private First Class Leo J. Rutten
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:16th Engineer Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:First Armored Division
Date of Loss: April 13, 1943 / Age: 24
Died in service in North Africa