State Heroes
World War II
1944
PFC Ivan O. Bustad
Ellisville, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 57th Signal Battalion
Date of Loss: February 08, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Seaman Apprentice Gamaliel T. Arason
Mountain, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: February 08, 1944 / Age: 21
Was on a ship that was struck by a U-boat. North Atlantic Ocean.
1944
Machinist's Mate 1st Class Charlie H. Victor
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: February 07, 1944 / Age: 27
Died in service in the Solomon Islands.
1944
Staff Sgt. Ervin L. Klauss
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 95th Evacuation Hospital
Date of Loss: February 07, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Staff Sergeant George A. Gray
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 735th AAF Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: February 06, 1944 / Age: 19
Killed in action in the English Channel
1944
Sgt. Curtis H. Olson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 03, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Staff Sgt. John E. Rod
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 132nd Infantry Regiment, Americal Division
Date of Loss: February 03, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1944
Staff Sgt. Daniel Holwegner
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 03, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Captain Oliver J. Nordby
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters, US Army Service of Supply
Date of Loss: February 02, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1944
2nd Lieutenant Roland D. McKay
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: February 02, 1944 / Age: 34
Killed in action in Italy
1944
2nd Lt. Neil D. Quast
Temvik, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters, US Army Service of Supply
Date of Loss: February 02, 1944 / Age: 27
Died while in MIA status.
1944
Seaman 2c Leslie V. Nelson
Velva, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: February 02, 1944 / Age: 23
Died while in MIA status.
1944
Staff Sergeant Norbert L. Olsen
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 7th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 01, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Cisterna, Italy
1944
1st Sgt. Albert W. Franks
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 01, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Sergeant Arnold Edwin Postovit
Tioga, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 7th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: February 01, 1944 / Age:
He was captured by the German Army in Anzio, Italy in February 1944. He was imprisoned at Stalag 2B in Germany, although he spent much of his time working at a local farm.