State Heroes
World War II
1944
Staff Sgt. Julius A. Skavlan
Schafer, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 957th Field Artillery Battalion
Date of Loss: July 25, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in France.
1944
Staff Sgt. Leo F. Baumgartner
Strasburg, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 957th Field Artillery Battalion
Date of Loss: July 25, 1944 / Age: 28
Killed in action at the beginning of operation Cobra.
1944
Technician 4th Grade Alvin O. Ellingson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 957th Field Artillery Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Field Artillery Corps Division
Date of Loss: July 25, 1944 / Age: 33
Killed in action in France
1944
Private Reuben Wacker
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 119th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 30th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 24, 1944 / Age: 30
Killed in action near France.
1944
Private First Class Ervin R. Orvis
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 320th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 35th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 24, 1944 / Age: 18
Killed in action in St Lo, France
1944
Corporal Ole A. Trontvet
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 24, 1944 / Age: 23
Died in service in Hondon, Texas.
1944
Tech. 5c Ewaldt F. Hasenwinkel
Elysian Township, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department
Date of Loss: July 24, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Private First Class Philip E. Kupper
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 23, 1944 / Age: 29
Killed in action in France
1944
Private First Class Joseph P. Morris
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: July 23, 1944 / Age: 20
Died in service in Guam
1944
Pvt. Alexander Demontigny
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 22, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action near France.
1944
Gunnery Sergeant Edwin Kienzle
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 21st Marines Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: July 21, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Guam
1944
2nd Lieutenant Henry F. Telken
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 576th Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 392th Bomber Group
Date of Loss: July 21, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action when his plane went down in Ammersee, a body of water that is a large lake about (12) miles due east of Landsberg, Germany, and approximately (25) miles southwest of Munich,
1944
Sgt. Donald A. Syverson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Infantry Regiment, Americal Division
Date of Loss: July 21, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1944
Private First Class Darrell G. Murphy
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 3rd Marine Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: July 21, 1944 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Guam
1944
Staff Sergeant Arthur E. Kittelson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 957th Field Artillery Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Field Artillery Corps Division
Date of Loss: July 25, 1944 / Age: 24
Died in service in Normandy, France