State Heroes Total:
3940
Service Branch

World War II (WWII)

Cecil J. Murphy photo 1942

Private Cecil J. Murphy

World War II (WWII)

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

Benjamin F. Winter photo 1942

Corporal Benjamin F. Winter

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: September 25, 1942 / Age: 27

Died in service as a POW in the Philippine Islands.

Robert O. Shellum photo 1942

Private Robert O. Shellum

World War II (WWII)

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

George H. Fritz photo 1942

Staff Sergeant George H. Fritz

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: December 08, 1942 / Age: 27

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Marvin P. Quamme photo 1942

Private First Class Marvin P. Quamme

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 20, 1942 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Harry E. Wylie photo 1942

2nd Lieutenant Harry E. Wylie

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: September 10, 1942 / Age: 24

Died in service in the Canal Zone

John A. Mattern photo 1942

Private First Class John A. Mattern

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: May 06, 1942 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Philippine Islands

Patrick L. Colbert photo 1942

Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Patrick L. Colbert

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Houston

Date of Loss: March 01, 1942 / Age: 27

Killed in action on the USS Houston when it sank in the Sunda Strait

Donald A. Strong photo 1942

Private Donald A. Strong

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: June 03, 1942 / Age: 24

Died in service in Dutch Harbor, Alaska

James L. McCreary photo 1942

2nd Lieutenant James L. McCreary

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division

Date of Loss: November 05, 1942 / Age: 25

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Theodore Alleckson photo 1942

Private Theodore Alleckson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:36th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: July 17, 1942 / Age:

Killed in action while flying aboard 41-9126. United States territory. Remains not recovered. 

Alex W. Kaiser photo 1942

Staff Sergeant Alex W. Kaiser

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: September 19, 1942 / Age: 27

As a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Corps he died in a B-25 bomber accident at Columbia Army Air Base, South Carolina during WWII

Verlin B. Summer photo 1942

Seaman 2nd Class Verlin B. Summer

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: February 18, 1942 / Age: 18

Killed in action in Newfoundland

Roy D. Nelson photo 1942

Private First Class Roy D. Nelson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 01, 1942 / Age: 23

Died in service in New Caledonia

Bert B. Hinman photo 1942

SN1 Bert B. Hinman

Arnegard, ND

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: April 09, 1942 / Age:

Killed in action at Cape Town, South Africa