FALLEN
World War II (WWII)
1942
Private First Class Arthur A. Clemenson
Horace, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 808th Military Police Company
Date of Loss: May 30, 1942 / Age: 43
Killed in action in the Bataan Death March after being a prisoner of war for a short time. He was awarded 2 Purple Hearts for bravery in action.
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
Sergeant Jack E. Geiger
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 21, 1942 / Age: 21
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 Orlin H. Gisvold
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: October 08, 1942 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Tulagi, Solomon Islands
1942
Staff Sergeant Robert C. Cross
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 05, 1942 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Private First Class Melvin O. Feiring
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K
Date of Loss: November 29, 1942 / Age: 22
Killed in action in the battle of Guadalcanal
1942
Second Lieutenant Arvid J. Grasvik
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 26, 1942 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Private First Class Harold M. Poppen
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 23, 1942 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Private John A. Wojciak
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 09, 1942 / Age: 24
Died in service at Camp Wallace, Texas
1942
Sergeant Albert J. Osmon
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 06, 1942 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Sergeant Owen M. Otteson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:27th Materiel Squadron
Date of Loss: April 25, 1942 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1942
Corporal Ernest E. Steinke
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 28, 1942 / Age: 25
Died in service in the Philippine Islands
1942
Sergeant First Class Virgil A. Lane
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 21, 1942 / Age: 22
Virgil Lane was killed Nov. 21, 1942, on Guadalcanal while serving with the 164th North Dakota Infantry Regiment in World War II. The Hillsboro Lane-Osmon Veterans of Foreign Wars post is named in honor of Virgil's memory.
1942
Second Lieutenant Martin O. Vangsness
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 13, 1942 / Age: 22
He died in service when a big army bomber he was on crashed near the Colombia air base in South Carolina.