State Heroes
World War II
1944
Sgt. Russell E. Montgomery
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 377th Infantry Regiment, 95th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 04, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Private First Class William O. Lund
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 03, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in France
1944
Machinist's Mate 2c Oscar C. Schlenker
World War II
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.
1944
Chief Radioman Richard M. Peterson
Fairmount, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: December 03, 1944 / Age: 25
Died while in MIA status. Killed in the sinking of USS Cooper (DD-695) when the destroyer was struck by a torpedo in Ormoc Bay, Philippines.
1944
MoMM1c Patrick Dunphy
World War II
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.
1944
2nd Lieutenant Alvin E. Stocking
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 142nd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 36th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 02, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in France
1944
Staff Sergeant Alfred M. Qualle
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 128th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 32nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 02, 1944 / Age: 32
Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands
1944
Pvt. Leroy S. Upton
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 02, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Belgium.
1944
PFC James A. Knutson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 6th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
Date of Loss: December 02, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Private Robert E. Robinson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 335th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 84th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 01, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Pvt. Gaston J. Foussard
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 01, 1944 / Age: 35
Killed in action near France.
1944
Pvt. Wilbert A. Teigen
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 143rd Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 30, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Staff Sergeant Donald H. Peterson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 358th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 30, 1944 / Age: 35
Died in France on November 30, 1944, from wounds received in an attack on the Siegfried line in Germany. Peterson was a member of a rifle company which succeeded in capturing 14 pill boxes and cleared out several tank traps in the attack.
1944
Private First Class Palmer O. Swenson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 335th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: November 30, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Linderman, Germany
1944
Staff Sergeant Peter G. Krebs
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 377th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 95th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 02, 1944 / Age: 26
Died in service in France