FALLEN
World War II
1943
1st Lt. John Ahlroth
Grand Forks, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 21, 1943 / Age: 25
Killed in action in North Africa.
1943
Corporal Harry M. Walen
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 25, 1943 / Age: 22
Died in service in Europe
1943
Aviation Cadet Douglas A. Thompson
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: December 22, 1943 / Age: 21
Died in service in Pensacola, Florida
1943
AMM1 William Benbow
Fargo, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: December 07, 1943 / Age: 22
Killed in action. Buried at sea.
1943
Pvt. Ed Steffan
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 99th Signal Battalion
Date of Loss: November 13, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1943
2nd Lieutenant James E. Weiler
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 17, 1943 / Age: 23
Died in service in Louisiana
1943
Technician 5th Grade Raymond Kahl
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Armored Division
Date of Loss: March 28, 1943 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Tunisia
1943
FM1C/E-3 Warren G. Nelson
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: E Company 2nd Battalion 8th Marines
Date of Loss: November 20, 1943 / Age: 20
FM1c/E-3 Warren G. Nelson enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on December 13, 1942 and received his basic training in San Diego, CA.
1943
Corp. Willard Christianson
Spencer Township, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 28, 1943 / Age: 29
Killed in action in Tunisia.
1943
Staff Sergeant Earl E. West
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:323rd Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: July 30, 1943 / Age: 32
He was shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #4229916 'Yankee Dandy.
1943
2nd Lieutenant Thomas B. Oksendahl
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 15, 1943 / Age: 31
Died in service in Morgantown, North Carolina
1943
Ship's Cook 3c Jalmer Edwin Weitala
Guelph, NDWorld War II
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
2nd Lieutenant Walter J. Romine
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 26, 1943 / Age: 26
Died in service at Camp Ellis, Illinois
1943
1st Lieutenant Kenneth Saxhaug
World War II
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