State Heroes

Pvt. Anton Pfeifer

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 378th Infantry Regiment, 95th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 30, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Pvt. Wilbert A. Teigen

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: November 30, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Staff Sergeant Donald H. Peterson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 358th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 90th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 30, 1944 / Age: 35

Died in France on November 30, 1944, from wounds received in an attack on the Siegfried line in Germany. Peterson was a member of a rifle company which succeeded in capturing 14 pill boxes and cleared out several tank traps in the attack.

Private First Class Palmer O. Swenson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 335th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: November 30, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Linderman, Germany

PFC Oliver M. Hovland

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 29, 1944 / Age: 30

Killed in action near France.

Captain Keith G. Chatfield

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 407th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 29, 1944 / Age: 29

Killed in action when leading his company in an attack at the Roer River. While attempting to assist some of his men who had become casualties, he was fatally wounded.

Private Paul J. Yankton

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 29, 1944 / Age: 22

Died in Service 29 November 1944. France

PFC Milbert Bollinger

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 28, 1944 / Age: 28

Killed in action in Belgium.

Pvt. Roger J. Muggli

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 317th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 28, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Private First Class Emil Bitz

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 54th Armored Infantry Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 10th Armored Division

Date of Loss: November 27, 1944 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Germany

1st Lt. William O. Senechal

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 141st Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 27, 1944 / Age: 28

Killed in action in Derbamont, France.

PFC Thomas White

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 26, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near Luxembourg.

Private First Class Lawrence E. Lindstrom

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: November 26, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Germany

Radioman 3c Raymond O. Peterson

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

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

Date of Loss: November 25, 1944 / Age: 22

Died while in MIA status. Killed aboard the USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56), an aircraft carrier escort, when it was sunk by a Japanese torpedo near the Gilbert Islands. 

Sgt. Lyal A. Fenster

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 319th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 25, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action near France.