State Heroes

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

Private First Class Bernard J. Carey

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: July 21, 1944 / Age: 19

Killed in action in Guam, Marianas Islands

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

Tech. 5c Lloyd J.O. McLean

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 957th Field Artillery Battalion

Date of Loss: July 25, 1944 / Age: 27

Killed in action near France.

Staff Sgt. Leo F. Baumgartner

World 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.

Staff Sgt. Julius A. Skavlan

World 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.

Tech. 5c Ewaldt F. Hasenwinkel

World 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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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,