State Heroes

1st Lieutenant Lowell A. Fiskum

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 506th Bomb Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 44th Bomb Group

Date of Loss: October 30, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Hansberg, Germany in a plane that went down during a mission

Corporal Milnor S. Olson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 30, 1944 / Age: 33

Died in service in Germany

Seaman 1c James D. Schmid

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: October 30, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

PFC Krist Wentz

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 31st Tank Battalion, 7th Armored Division

Date of Loss: October 30, 1944 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Belgium.

PFC Randolph E. Oswald

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 17th Tank Battalion, 7th Armored Division

Date of Loss: October 29, 1944 / Age: 24

Died in MIA status. Killed near Holland during the Battle of the Canals.

1st Lt. Frederick C. Beyer

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 143rd Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 29, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action in France.

S2c Merril C. Brimer

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: October 29, 1944 / Age: 19

Died while in MIA status.

Seaman 1c Wallace E. Odegaard

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: October 28, 1944 / Age: 21

Killed in the sinking of the destroyer USS Hoel in the Battle at Leyte Gulf, in the Philippines.

Pvt. George W. Deede

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 456th Field Artillery Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division

Date of Loss: October 28, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in the Netherlands.

First Lieutenant Marvin E. Albertson

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 350th Fighter Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 353rd Fighter Group

Date of Loss: October 27, 1944 / Age: 24

On October 27, 1944 he was piloting his P-51 Mustang #44-14422 during a training flight when he collided with the P-51 42-14791 and crashed at Wilden, Worcestershire, England.

Fireman 1c Eugene Wagner

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: October 27, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Private First Class Matthew American Horse

Cannonball, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 26, 1944 / Age: 21

Staff Sergeant Rollin B. Gregory

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 382nd Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 96th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 26, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Tabantabon, Leyte, Philippine Islands

PFC Alger H. Burman

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 382nd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 26, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near the Philippines.

Sergeant Donald J. Bergeron

Kenmare, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 424th Bomber Squadron, 307th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: October 26, 1944 / Age: 19

Died while in MIA status. Memorialized at Manila American Cemetery.