State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1942
Corporal Rollie A. Andrick
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion
Date of Loss: October 18, 1942 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Private Lester Crows Heart
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Date of Loss: November 08, 1942 / Age: 33
Killed in action in Africa
1942
Private First Class Raymond E. Moore
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 22, 1942 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Private First Class Lloyd L. Whipple
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 10, 1942 / Age: 24
Died in service in a POW camp in the Philippines after surviving the Bataan Death March.
1942
Private First Class Glen J. Miller
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Army Air Corps
Date of Loss: July 05, 1942 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1942
Private First Class Leslie C. Huffstutler
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 26, 1942 / Age: 29
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Sergeant Bernard E. Starkenberg
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 14, 1942 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Private Harold A. Hall
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 04, 1942 / Age: 28
Died in Cabanatuan POW camp of Malaria
1942
Private Harold S. Zerface
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 21, 1942 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Boatswain's Mate Second Class Rolland C. Johnson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Coast Guard
Date of Loss: September 09, 1942 / Age: 22
Officers and crew of USS Muskeget (WAG 48) were lost At 15.16 hours on 9 September 1942 when U-755 fired a spread of three torpedoes at an auxiliary vessel and heard two hits, followed by sinking noises.
1942
Private First Class Eddie M. Nelson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: July 12, 1942 / Age: 20
Died in service at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
1942
Second Lieutenant Robert L. Lynch
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:330th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: December 07, 1942 / Age:
Killed in action in North Africa.
1942
Lieutenant Edward H. Allen
Pekin, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Lexington
Date of Loss: May 07, 1942 / Age: 34
Killed in action during the Battle of the Coral Sea. Member of scouting squadron 2. Remains not recovered.
1942
Private First Class Dale W. Coppens
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 26, 1942 / Age: 26
Killed in action in the South Pacific
1942
Staff Sergeant Irvin C. Skramstad
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Third Pursuit Squadron
Date of Loss: July 01, 1942 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1942
Private Alphie V. Tooke
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 04, 1942 / Age: 22
Died in service in Columbia, South Carolina