FALLEN
1943
Staff Sergeant Lester W. Puppe
Hensel, ND
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:First Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Third Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 11, 1943 / Age: 23
Service number 6930772, died of gunshot wound during the Sicily Campaign
World War II (WWII)
1943
Seaman Apprentice Lavern M. Koch
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: March 06, 1943 / Age: 19
Died in service in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
1943
1st Lieutenant Edmund I. Bolstad
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:337th Bomber Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 08, 1943 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Europe
1943
Sergeant Godfrey Heinitz
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 05, 1943 / Age: 33
Killed in action in Italy
1943
Pilot Officer James B. Courtney
World War II (WWII)
Date of Loss: March 05, 1943 / Age: 23
On March 5, 1943, his Short Stirling I (#R9271) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off from RAF Ridgewell for a night air operation over Essen, Germany.
1943
Corporal George J. Gillies
Pembina, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:18th Station Complement Squadron
Date of Loss: December 31, 1943 / Age: 28
Killed in action near England.
1943
Staff Sergeant Eldon F. Ressler
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 15, 1943 / Age: 29
Died in service in Alamogordo, New Mexico
1943
Aviation Cadet John A. Sanborn
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 09, 1943 / Age: 22
Died in service in Moore Field, Texas
1943
Master Sergeant Frank J. Suchla
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: August 25, 1943 / Age: 43
Died in service on Ellice Islands
1943
Private First Class Fred A. Lokken
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 29, 1943 / Age: 36
Killed in action in Aleutian Islands
1943
Sergeant Philip J. Schneider
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 21, 1943 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Italy
1943
Private Arthur O. Sundby
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 23, 1943 / Age: 31
Died in service in the Aleutian Islands
1943
Staff Sergeant Leonard L. Rosenberg
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:16th Reconnaissance Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:12th Air Force
Date of Loss: December 06, 1943 / Age: 20
He was a gunner on B-17E #41-9016 flying out of Foch Field Tunisia on an electronic recon mission off the coast of southern France.
1943
Corporal Ervin R. Wiest
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 22, 1943 / Age: 23
Died in service in Albuquerque, New Mexico
1943
Staff Sergeant Charles L. Scouten
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 08, 1943 / Age: 25
Died in service in Denver, Colorado