State Heroes
World War II
1944
Flight Officer Edward G. Wild Jr.
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 03, 1944 / Age: 20
Died in service in Lancaster, California
1944
Private William C. Baker
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 03, 1944 / Age: 30
Killed in action 3 Nov 44 Germany
1944
Private First Class Thomas F. Clark
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 03, 1944 / Age: 23
Died of wounds in Holland
1944
Technician 5th Grade Orlin J. Gullingsrud
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 362nd Field Artillery Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 96th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 03, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Leyte Island
1944
Private Norman K. Mahlum
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 03, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Holland
1944
Staff Sergeant Theodore Knapp
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 323rd Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 91st Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: November 02, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Technician 4th Grade Clarence A. Thompson
Dover Township ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 01, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in France
1944
PFC Antone A. Gieser
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 31, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1944
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
1944
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.
1944
Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Robert E. Traynor
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: October 30, 1944 / Age: 20
Killed in action in the Asiatic Area.
1944
Corporal Milnor S. Olson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 30, 1944 / Age: 33
Died in service in Germany
1944
AOM1c William P. McGregor
Straubville, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: October 30, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status - buried at sea.
1944
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.
1944
Aviation Machinist's Mate 1st Class Carlyle J. Fuglie
Devils Lake, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: October 30, 1944 / Age: 23
On October 30, 1944, while the Belleau Wood was patrolling with her task group east of Leyte in the Philippines, she shot down a Japanese kamikaze plane, which fell on her flight deck aft, causing fires which set off ammunition.