State Heroes
World War II
1945
Private Roy F. Patzner
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 26th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 02, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Germany
1945
PFC William H. Nelson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 129th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 01, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Private First Class Harold Odden
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 34th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 01, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Luzon, Philippine Islands
1945
Corporal Jack D. Arnold
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 332nd Army Air Force Base Unit
Date of Loss: February 01, 1945 / Age: 20
He was on the crew of the B-26G Marauder #44-68072 when they crashed near Llanberis, Wales.
1945
PFC Vincent D. Leuwer
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 129th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 01, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Staff Sergeant Donald A. Smith
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: February 01, 1945 / Age: 19
Died in service in Leyte, Philippine Islands
1945
1LT William H. Magill Jr.
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 31, 1945 / Age: 26
Died on 31 January 1945 on board a rescue ship. Was a soldier of the Bataan Death March.
Buried at Riverside Cemetery Fargo ND
Name is included on the All Veterans Memorial at the ND Capitol grounds in Bismarck ND.
1945
Sergeant Norman L. Oas
World War II
Date of Loss: January 31, 1945 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Belgium
1945
Private Leo C. Lambert
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 30, 1945 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Luzon, Philippine Islands
1945
1st Lt. Roy E. Mode
Steele, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 30, 1945 / Age: 27
Killed in action near Belgium.
1945
Sergeant Richard B. Koenig
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: Headquarters Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 5th Air Base Group
Date of Loss: January 30, 1945 / Age: 45
Died as a prisoner of war in the Pacific area
1945
Private First Class Marvin B. Gross
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 30, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Luzon, Philippine Islands
1945
PFC Edward W. Wallmann
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 129th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 30, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
PFC Clarence Grimestad
Charlson, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 129th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 30, 1945 / Age: 39
Killed in action in the Battle for Clark Field and Fort Stotsenburg on Luzon in the Philippines.
1945
Sergeant Lawrence V. Nelson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 30, 1945 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Belgium