FALLEN
World War II
1942
Private First Class Roy D. Nelson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 01, 1942 / Age: 23
Died in service in New Caledonia
1942
Private Robert O. Lium
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 28, 1942 / Age: 22
Died in service in Santa Barbara, California
1942
Staff Sgt. Irvin C. Skramstad
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 3rd Pursuit Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group
Date of Loss: July 01, 1942 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1942
Sergeant Clyde G. Morgan
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 10, 1942 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Corporal Kenneth S. Foubert
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:4th Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: October 13, 1942 / Age: 20
He died in a Japanese bombing raid on Guadalcanal the day his regiment landed on the island.
1942
Private First Class Harvey L. Yokom
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 07, 1942 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Private Cecil J. Murphy
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:32nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 27, 1942 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Buna, New Guinea
1942
Corporal Benjamin F. Winter
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 25, 1942 / Age: 27
Died in service as a POW in the Philippine Islands.
1942
Private Robert O. Shellum
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: October 01, 1942 / Age: 25
Died in service in New Caledonia
1942
Private George R. Dohn Jr.
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 06, 1942 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Corporal LaVerne E. Ulmer
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 28, 1942 / Age: 24
Died in service at the POW Camp Cabanatuan in the Philippine Islands
1942
Sergeant Llewellyn M. Hamery
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 21, 1942 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Pvt. Theodore Alleckson
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 36th Bomber Squadron, 28th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: July 17, 1942 / Age:
Killed in action while flying aboard 41-9126. United States territory. Remains not recovered.
1942
Staff Sergeant Milton P. Quandt
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 04, 1942 / Age: 23
1942
Corporal Jack F. Leithold
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 26, 1942 / Age: 23
On October 25 & 26, 1942, less than two weeks after landing on Guadalcanal, the 164th Infantry Regiment would become involved in the heaviest fighting of the Guadalcanal Campaign after the Japanese launched a surprise offensive.