FALLEN
1943
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.
World War II (WWII)
1943
Private First Class Mike J. Heiser
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Sixth Infantry
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:First Armored Division
Date of Loss: April 29, 1943 / Age: 25
Killed in action.
1943
Private First Class Milbert E. Burkle
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 29, 1943 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Otter Island
1943
Technical Sergeant Gary D. Delp
Dore, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 11, 1943 / Age: 29
Killed in action 11 Jun 43 Pacific Area
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
Private Mentz Larson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 30, 1943 / Age: 30
died in battle in Tunisia, Africa USA Military records list him Killed in action 17 miles N. E. of Beja, Tunisia
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
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
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
Motor Machinist's Mate First Class Robert B. Jenckes
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Pompano
Date of Loss: October 15, 1943 / Age: 25
Killed in action off the northeast coast of Honshu, Japan
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.
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