State Heroes

Staff Sergeant Aubrey J Freeman

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Army Air Corps

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:28th Bomb Squadron H

Date of Loss: September 07, 1944 / Age: 35

Seaman First Class Ervin E. Schlenz

Fredonia, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: March 22, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Seaman Second Class Joseph A. Wolf

Hague, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: January 31, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Lieutenant Junior Grade Carroll L. Carlson

Bismarck, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: September 07, 1944 / Age: 22

Died while in MIA status.

Second Lieutenant Cyril E. Eustis

Stony Creek Township, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:769th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: September 16, 1944 / Age: 22

Died while in MIA status.

Seaman Second Class Merril C. Brimer

Mandan, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: October 29, 1944 / Age: 19

Died while in MIA status.

Second Lieutenant Robert Samuel Purvis

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: September 20, 1944 / Age: 25

Killed in Action 20 September 1944, France. Remains not recovered. 

Name included on page 1198 of the Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945.

Lieutenant Frederick Hugh J. Hankins

Parshall, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: December 14, 1944 / Age: 26

Died while in MIA status. Buried at sea near the Philippines.

Private First Class Jack C. Beckwith

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:99th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 16, 1944 / Age: 20

On December 15, 1944, he was with members of Company C on Hill 627 in the woods near Wahlerscheid, Germany, when the men came under attack from multiple German artillery barrages.

Seaman First Class David E. Schwartz

Dickinson, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: December 18, 1944 / Age: 22

Died while in MIA status. Lost at sea with the USS Spence went down during Typhoon Cobra.

Aviation Machinist's mate Second Class Hjalmar M. Davidson

Gardar, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: November 25, 1944 / Age: 27

Died while in MIA status.

Private First Class Ernest O. Kragtorp

McVille, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:66th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Eddy W. Fuller

Minot, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Motor Machinist's Mate Second Class William G. Zander

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: August 24, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status, lost at sea when the submarine USS Harder (SS-257) was lost at sea.

Machinist's Mate Second Class Oscar C. Schlenker

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: December 03, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

First Lieutenant Terrence J. Carey

Fargo, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:71st Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: September 12, 1944 / Age: 24

Died while in MIA status.