FALLEN
World War II
Private Harold R. Van Hoof
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 27, 1942 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Hawaii
Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Rolland C. Johnson
World War II
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.
Chief Commissaryman Emil Schadler
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Meredith
Date of Loss: October 15, 1942 / Age: 30
One of 186 crew members Killed In Action in the sinking of the destroyer U.S.S. Meredith (DD-434) by Japanese aircraft from the carrier Zuikaku while the ship was enroute from Espiritu Santo to Guadalcanal with supplies
Private Elton L. Pederson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 22, 1942 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Staff Sergeant Casper J. Oie
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Air Corps
Date of Loss: October 24, 1942 / Age: 24
POW: Cabanatuan Prisoner of War Camp, Luzon, Philippines.
Died of dysentery and malnutrition on October 24, 1942. Buried in mass grave at POW Camp.
Remains recovered October 1952.
1st Lieutenant Frank G. Welch
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 20, 1942 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Captain George R. Newgard
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 16, 1942 / Age: 38
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Private First Class George E. Kudrna
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 26, 1942 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Private Wenzel A. Picha
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 22, 1942 / Age: 34
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Lieutenant Junior Grade Edwin E. Tuma
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: October 14, 1942 / Age: 25
Killed in action when the plane he was in was shot down by the Japanese.
Private First Class Leslie C. Huffstutler
World War II
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
Private Alvin F. Callahan
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 07, 1942 / Age: 31
Died in a plane crash at South Plains Army Flying School
Private First Class Wenceslaus J. Novotny
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 21, 1942 / Age: 20
Killed in action in the South Pacific
Private First Class James P. Shockman
LaMoure, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion
Date of Loss: May 06, 1942 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Ft. Hughes, Philippine Islands
SN1 Bert B. Hinman
Arnegard, NDBranch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: April 09, 1942 / Age:
Killed in action at Cape Town, South Africa