State Heroes

1945

PFC Eugene A. De Bolt

Carrington, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Infantry Regiment, Americal Division

Date of Loss: April 16, 1945 / Age: 25

Killed in action in the Philippines.

1945

Private Everett N. Peterson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 305th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 77th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 16, 1945 / Age: 19

Killed in combat against the Japanese Army on the small Island of le Shima.

1945

Captain Robert B. Holmes

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: P-51 44-63214

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 82nd Fighter Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 78th Fighter Group

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 8th Air Force

Date of Loss: April 16, 1945 / Age: 24

Killed in action when he was flying a mission to strafe enemy airfields in the present-day Czech Republic. After strafing two airfields heading towards the third, his plane was hit by flak, and he crashed and was killed near Prague

1945

Sgt. Maurice G. McCormick

Fargo, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 60th Bomber Squadron, 39th Bomber Group, Very Heavy

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

Died while in MIA status.

1945

Captain William R. Weir

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 387th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 97th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 15, 1945 / Age: 33

He was killed after he had thrown a hand grenade into a German tank which was on the main road to the town of Nuttum ... A nearby German soldier shot the Captain as he turned away from the flaming tank.

1945

PFC Theodore O. Bjertness

Hatton, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 66th Infantry Regiment, 71st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 15, 1945 / Age: 19

Killed in action in the Netherlands.

From American Battle Monuments Commission website

 

1945

Aviation Cadet Robert F. Rohs

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: April 15, 1945 / Age: 23

Died in service in a plane crash 18 miles north of Pensacola, Florida.

1945

1st Lieutenant Bernard S. Bennison

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: April 15, 1945 / Age: 25

Killed in action over Kawasaki, Japan

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

Private First Class Carl V. Person

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 14, 1945 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Italy

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

Private First Class Allen M. Sawyer

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Mp Hg

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 157th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 35th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 14, 1945 / Age: 38

Killed in action in Dolle, Germany

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

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