State Heroes
World War II
1944
2nd Lt. Wellington E. Landis
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 788th Bomber Squadron, 467th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: April 22, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action. Lt. Landis was the Navigator on Lt. James Roden's B-24 crew. He was killed when their aircraft was shot down while returning from a mission over Hamm, Germany.
1944
PFC Rueben Hirschkorn
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 6th Infantry Battalion, 1st Armored Division
Date of Loss: April 21, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Sergeant Denis B. McDonough
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 701st Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 445th Bomber Group
Date of Loss: April 21, 1944 / Age: 23
Denis was "Killed In Action" when his B-24J was hit by flak and crashed near Wizernes, France during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.
1944
Private First Class Henry F. Brown
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 19, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action New Guinea
1944
Staff Sergeant Stanley G. Workman
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 410th Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 94th Bomber Group
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 8th Air Force
Date of Loss: April 18, 1944 / Age: 20
Ball turret gunner, 24 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Barnewitz in B-17 42-31650 'Impatient Virgin'; Shot down, crashed Bergedamm, four miles W of Nauen, Germany, 18-Apr-44
1944
Private First Class Thomas A. Langved
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 132nd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division
Date of Loss: April 16, 1944 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Bougainville
1944
2nd Lt. Ralph T. Cameron
Grand Forks, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Photographic Squadron, 10th Reconnaissance Group
Date of Loss: April 14, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in an air accident near Oakley, England.
1944
Staff Sergeant Rueben S. Tastad
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 454th AAF Bomber Group
Date of Loss: April 12, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
1944
Staff Sgt. Hilmen E. Erickson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 12, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Technical Sergeant Herbert Fried
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 338th Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 96th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: April 11, 1944 / Age: 29
Killed in action in a plane that crashed in the Baltic Sea, about 55 miles E of Sassnitz. The cause of the crash was enemy aircraft.
1944
Staff Sergeant Edward M. Jerstad
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 412th AAF Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: April 11, 1944 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Staff Sgt. Harold G. Josewski
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 567th Bomber Squadron, 389th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: April 10, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in a crash over Normandy. Crew member of the aircraft "Flak Magnet".
1944
Sergeant Nicodemus A. Scherger
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 10, 1944 / Age: 32
Died in service in England
1944
Captain Norman E. Olson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 357th Fighter Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 355th Fighter Group
Date of Loss: April 08, 1944 / Age: 29
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Technician 5th Grade Leone R. Wralstad
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 07, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Burma