FALLEN
World War II
1943
Private First Class Louis A. Dionne
World War II
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
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:16th Engineer Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Armored Division
Date of Loss: April 13, 1943 / Age: 24
Died in service in North Africa
1943
Technician 4th Grade Ole E. Norsby
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 24, 1943 / Age: 27
Died in service in Denver, Colorado
1943
Private First Class Mynor A. Hagen
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:27th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 12, 1943 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Saipan
1943
Tech. 5c Raymond C. Urquhart
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 7th Material Squadron, 5th Air Base Group
Date of Loss: January 17, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1943
Major George N. Powell
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 14, 1943 / Age: 51
Died in service in Queensland, Australia
1943
1st Lt. Ernest L. Anderson
Fargo, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 558th Bomber Squadron, 387th Bomber Group, Medium
Date of Loss: August 31, 1943 / Age: 24
Killed in action in France.
1943
Private First Class Anthony R. Michels
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:30th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 30, 1943 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Tunisia, North Africa
1943
Private First Class Thomas L. Pyne
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 28, 1943 / Age: 24
Killed in action in the North Africa Area.
1943
Technical Sergeant Albert C. Johnson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:9th AAF Bomber Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:10th Air Force
Date of Loss: December 01, 1943 / Age: 37
Johnson was the flight engineer on B-24J #42-73183, serving with the 10th Air Force. They were part of a formation of B-24s on a bombing mission to Insein, Burma, near Rangoon.
1943
Staff Sergeant Marvin T. Charlson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:525th Bomb Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:8th Air Force
Date of Loss: August 17, 1943 / Age: 22
Was on the B-17 42-29830 "Peter Wabbit" that Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt raid 17-Aug-43. Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Dorrebach, 6 miles W of Bingen, Germany Killed in Action (KIA). Missing Aircrew Report 1350
1943
Technician 5th Grade Harold H. Stickel
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 31, 1943 / Age: 27
Died in service in the North African Area
1943
2nd Lieutenant Donald W. Remfrey
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 20, 1943 / Age: 27
Donald died in the "Line Of Duty" during a mid-air collision with another plane 46 miles southwest of Chickasha, Oklahoma during the war.
1943
1st Lieutenant Richard T. Walsh
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:465th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: January 24, 1943 / Age: 27
Passenger and sole fatality aboard A-20B Havoc #41-2989 when the twin engine attack bomber crashed into Mobile Bay, Alabama.
1943
Sgt. Melvin S. Bjordahl
Linton, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 13, 1943 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Italy.