State Heroes Total:
3939
Service Branch

World War II

John Ahlroth photo 1943

1st Lt. John Ahlroth

Grand Forks, ND

World 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.

Harry M. Walen photo 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

Douglas A. Thompson photo 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

William Benbow photo 1943

AMM1 William Benbow

Fargo, ND

World 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.

Ed Steffan photo 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.

James E. Weiler photo 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

Raymond Kahl photo 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

Warren G. Nelson photo 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.

Willard Christianson photo 1943

Corp. Willard Christianson

Spencer Township, ND

World 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.

Earl E. West photo 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. 

Thomas B. Oksendahl photo 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

Jalmer Edwin Weitala photo 1943

Ship's Cook 3c Jalmer Edwin Weitala

Guelph, ND

World 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.

Walter J. Romine photo 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

Kenneth Saxhaug photo 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.

Hilmar W. Holey photo 1943

Hilmar W. Holey

Arnegard, ND

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: September 06, 1943 / Age: