State Heroes Total:
3940
Service Branch

World War II

Arvid J. Grasvik photo 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

Virgil A. Lane photo 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.

Stanley H. Zizka photo 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

Raymond W. Johnson photo 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

Jack E. Geiger photo 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

Vernal M. Skarison photo 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. 

Jacob J. Richter photo 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

John R. Weigel photo 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

Raymond J. O'Connell photo 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

Maurice E. Thompson photo 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

Raymond E. Moore photo 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

Lloyd L. Whipple photo 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.

Robert L. Lynch photo 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.

Harold M. Poppen photo 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

John A. Wojciak photo 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