State Heroes

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Corporal Joseph W. Armstrong

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 26, 1942 / Age: 23

KIA 26 Nov 42 in the South Pacific

Private Richard H. Czapiewski

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 21, 1942 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

First Sergeant Winfred B. Fischer

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 22, 1942 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Aviation Cadet Otto D. Sorenson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 24, 1942 / Age: 22

Died in service in Springfield, Missouri, of burns received in a take-off collision at Bilbo Auxiliary Flying Field the day after the accident

Private First Class Erwin P. Wilson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 17, 1942 / Age: 20

Killed in action in New Guinea

Corporal Lewis D. Dibbert

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division

Date of Loss: November 21, 1942 / Age: 22

Killed in action on Guadalcanal, Soloman Islands

Seaman First Class Bert B. Hinman

Arnegard, ND

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: April 09, 1942 / Age:

Killed in action at Cape Town, South Africa