State Heroes

Electrician's Mate 1c Harris R. Larson

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: March 23, 1944 / Age: 27

Died while in MIA status.

Seaman 1c Ervin E. Schlenz

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

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

Date of Loss: March 22, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Sgt. Roland E. Feil

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 19, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near Italy.

Seaman 1c Warren D. Paton

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

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

Date of Loss: March 18, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Staff Sergeant Lawrence H. Meidl

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 18, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Italy

Coxswain Leroy M. Larson

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

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

Date of Loss: March 18, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Pvt. Arnold C. Grise

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 129th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 15, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Private First Class Manuel L. Arechiga

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 349th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 88th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 13, 1944 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Italy

Private First Class John C. Finnegan

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division

Date of Loss: March 13, 1944 / Age: 19

Killed in action in Bougainville

Private First Class Philip Mitzel Jr.

Orrin, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 129 Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 37th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 12, 1944 / Age: 24

Private First Class Gustave Odegard

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 11, 1944 / Age: 25

Died in service in Italy

Private Julius J. Koehler

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 10, 1944 / Age: 35

Died in service at Camp Rimini, Montana

Staff Sergeant Joseph Jacobson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 546th Bomb Squadron (Heavy)

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy)

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 8th Air Force

Date of Loss: March 09, 1944 / Age: 31

Staff Sergeant Joseph Jacobson was Killed in Action on 9 March 1944 while serving as Waist Gunner on B-17 aircraft #42-37781 (Silver Dollar) when the aircraft was struck by bombs dropped by another B-17 on a bombing mission to Berlin, Germany.

Sergeant Boyd D. Iverson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 388th AAF Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: March 08, 1944 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Magdeburg, Germany

PVT Mack M. Nay

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 08, 1944 / Age:

Died in County Down, Ireland