State Heroes
World War II
1943
1st Lieutenant Kenneth Saxhaug
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 18th Army Air Force Fighter Squadron
Date of Loss: March 02, 1943 / Age: 22
Airplane crash in the Aleutians.
1943
2nd Lieutenant Arthur R. Kuntz
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: February 28, 1943 / Age: 24
Died in service in Avon Park, Florida
1943
Sgt. Douglas H. Smith
Mandan, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 401st Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: February 26, 1943 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1943
2nd Lieutenant Cassius C. Brandenburg
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 401st Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 91st Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: February 26, 1943 / Age: 28
The plane Lieutenant Brandenburg was on was last seen over the North Sea about 20 miles north of Norderney Island and no trace of the plane or 10 men on board was ever found.
Below is the mission they were on:
1943
Machinist's Mate 1c Arnold R. Lund
Dwight, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: February 16, 1943 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1943
PFC William F. Billings
Devils Lake, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 751st Tank Battalion
Date of Loss: February 06, 1943 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Oran, Algeria.
1943
2nd Lt. Leigh J. Monson, Jr.
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 364th Bomber Squadron, 305th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: February 04, 1943 / Age: 24
Killed in action near Belgium.
1943
Private First Class Edmund A. Gruchalla
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 147th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 37th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: February 04, 1943 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1943
Pvt. Lloyd F. Landscoot
Jamestown, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Army
Date of Loss: February 03, 1943 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Greenland.
1943
Private Melvin O. Bonlie
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 40th Army Air Force Ferrying Squadron
Date of Loss: February 03, 1943 / Age: 22
Killed in action in the sinking of the USAT Dorchester by German U-223
1943
1st Sergeant Earl O. Carlson
World War I, World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 4th Marine Regiment
Date of Loss: January 28, 1943 / Age: 47
Died in the Osaka Prison Camp
1943
2nd Lieutenant Roy W. Christianson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 23, 1943 / Age: 26
Their target on Jan. 23, 1943, was a large German submarine base at Lorient, France, on the Bay of Biscay. The U-boat port represented a major threat to Allied ships bringing troops, munitions and supplies to England.
1943
1st Lieutenant Robert D. McDougall
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 379th Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 310th Bomber Group, Medium
Date of Loss: January 22, 1943 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Tunisia
1943
Private Arnold R. Achtenberg
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 18, 1943 / Age: 24
Killed in Action in Solomon Islands
1943
Tech. 5c Raymond C. Urquhart
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 7th Material Squadron, 5th Air Base Group
Date of Loss: January 17, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.