FALLEN
World War II
1942
2nd Lieutenant Arvid J. Grasvik
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 26, 1942 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Sergeant First Class Virgil A. Lane
World War II
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
Private First Class Stanley H. Zizka
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 05, 1942 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Sergeant Raymond W. Johnson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Date of Loss: November 05, 1942 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Sergeant Jack E. Geiger
World War II
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
Sergeant Vernal M. Skarison
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 28, 1942 / Age: 22
Vernal died in the "Line Of Duty" when a medium Army bomber flying out of Page Field crashed four miles west of Venus Florida.
1942
Private First Class Jacob J. Richter
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 18, 1942 / Age: 21
Died in service in Camp Callam, CA
1942
Private First Class John R. Weigel
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 22, 1942 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Corporal Raymond J. O'Connell
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 20, 1942 / Age: 35
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
2nd Lieutenant Maurice E. Thompson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 19, 1942 / Age: 25
Died in service in Heflin, Alabama
1942
Private First Class Raymond E. Moore
World War II
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
Private First Class Lloyd L. Whipple
World War II
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
2nd Lt. Robert L. Lynch
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 330th Bomber Squadron, 93rd Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: December 07, 1942 / Age:
Killed in action in North Africa.
1942
Private First Class Harold M. Poppen
World War II
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
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 09, 1942 / Age: 24
Died in service at Camp Wallace, Texas