State Heroes
World War II
1944
Corporal Christian F. Wanner
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, Fifteenth Army
Date of Loss: December 28, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1944
Corporal Fenn T. Straster
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 121st Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 27, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in the Netherlands.
1944
Sgt. Joseph Brinkman
Danzig, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 27, 1944 / Age: 29
Killed in action in (Begium) Luxembourg.
1944
Private William Vedaa
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 26, 1944 / Age: 35
Died in service in the Mediterranean Area
1944
Technician 5th Grade Robert V. Murphy
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Private First Class Earl G. Naumann
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 289th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 75th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Belgium
1944
PFC Glen P. McGhan
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 264th Infantry Regiment, 66th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
PFC Allan J. Dorgan
Regent, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 264th Infantry Regiment, 66th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age: 31
Died while in MIA status.
1944
Capt. Donald R. Emerson
Pembina, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group
Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action while flying a P-51 during the Battle of the Bulge. He was heading back to his base after a mission when he encountered six enemy planes.
1944
Technical Sergeant Chester B. Henderickson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age: 31
On Christmas Eve 1944, the Belgium troopship SS Leopoldville, left the pier at Southampton, England with over 2,000 American soldiers assigned to the 66th Infantry Division and crossed the English Channel to France.
1944
Staff Sergeant Robert V. Myers
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in the European Area
1944
Private First Class Herbert I. Gentz
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 264th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 66th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Belgium
1944
Pvt. Benton L. Lawrence
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 262nd Infantry Regiment, 66th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status. Killed aboard the Belgian Steamship "Leopoldville", when a German torpedo hit the ship.
1944
Lt. Jr. Grade Arnt B. Hansen
Fargo, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age: 23
Died while in MIA status.
1944
PFC Erasmo Garcia
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 27th Infantry Battalion, 9th Armored Division
Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age: 31
Died while in POW status in Germany.