State Heroes

1945

Private First Class Glenn O. Hagen

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 16th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: April 15, 1945 / Age: 29

Killed in action in Brandenburg, Germany

1945

Captain John Landdeck Jr.

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 14, 1945 / Age: 29

Killed in action in Cebu, Philippine Islands

1945

PFC Charles J. Cicha

Conway, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 14th Infantry Battalion, 1st Armored Division

Date of Loss: April 14, 1945 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Italy.

1945

PFC Leonard I. Langager

Mayville, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 333rd Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division, 1st Battalion, C Company

Date of Loss: April 13, 1945 / Age:

US Army Infantry

Killed in action by a sniper the last day of the war in the Netherlands.

 

1945

Pvt. Elmer E. Wolford

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 589th Field Artillery Bn, 106th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 12, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

1945

Seaman 2nd Class Raymond J. Murphy

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: April 12, 1945 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Okinawa

1945

Electrician's Mate Third Class John A. Barrow

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: April 12, 1945 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Okinawa

1945

Capt. James K. Brewer

Colfax, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Combat Command "B", 9th Armored Division

Date of Loss: April 12, 1945 / Age: 28

Killed in action in the Netherlands.

1945

Technical Sergeant Paul E. Charbonneau

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 786th Bomber Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 466th Bomber Group

Date of Loss: April 11, 1945 / Age: 24

B-24H #41-29423 took off from Attlebridge, England on a bombing mission over Oschersleben, Germany. They were attacked by German fighter planes which damaged the #1 engine causing them to crash in Germany during the war. 

1945

PFC Ervin Allmendinger

Dodge, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 313th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 11, 1945 / Age: 25

Killed in action.

Buried at Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Holland. Plot E Row 2 Grave 12.

Service # 37554609

1945

PFC Lawrence Lessard

Grafton, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 379th Infantry Regiment, 95th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 11, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action in the Netherlands.

1945

2nd Lieutenant Warren H. Bakewell

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 10, 1945 / Age: 21

Killed in action 10 Apr 45 Philippine Islands

1945

Staff Sgt. Gilbert F. Van Keuren

Jamestown, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 813th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Date of Loss: April 10, 1945 / Age: 28

Killed in action in the Netherlands.

1945

Sergeant Adolph C. Gerzewski

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 397th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 100th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 09, 1945 / Age: 33

Killed in action in Heilbronn, Germany

1945

2nd Lieutenant Gordon H. Lindvig

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division

Date of Loss: April 14, 1945 / Age: 25

Died in service in Cebu, Philippine Islands