FALLEN
World War II
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
1st Lieutenant Orville R. Olson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 31, 1942 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Bataan, Philippine Islands
1942
Private Glenn Midgarden
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: October 18, 1942 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Guadalcanal
1942
Private Charles L. Stimmel
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 23, 1942 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Guadalacanal, Solomon Islands
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
Lt. Cmdr. John E. Burke
Bismarck, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: November 15, 1942 / Age: 37
Killed in action near Guadalcanal.
1942
Seaman 1c Rodger J. Hanson
White Earth, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: February 05, 1942 / Age: 24
Killed in action near the Philippines.
1942
Chief Commissaryman Emil Schadler
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Meredith
Date of Loss: October 15, 1942 / Age: 30
One of 186 crew members Killed In Action in the sinking of the destroyer U.S.S. Meredith (DD-434) by Japanese aircraft from the carrier Zuikaku while the ship was enroute from Espiritu Santo to Guadalcanal with supplies
1942
Private Elton L. Pederson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 22, 1942 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Sergeant Reuben Heer
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 30, 1942 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
1st Lieutenant Frank G. Welch
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 20, 1942 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Captain George R. Newgard
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 16, 1942 / Age: 38
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Private Wenzel A. Picha
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 22, 1942 / Age: 34
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands