State Heroes
World War II

Private Donat J. Collette
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 15th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 07, 1943 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Rome, Italy

Private First Class Wilfred M. Stone
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 06, 1943 / Age: 31
Killed in action in Sicily
1st Lt. Lloyd W. Mergenthal
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 17th Bomber Squadron, 27th Bomber Group, Light
Date of Loss: August 06, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.

Aviation MM2c Robert B. Fisher
Fargo, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: August 06, 1943 / Age: 23
Died while in MIA status.

Private Howard F. King
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 06, 1943 / Age: 21
Died in service in Wichita Falls, Texas

Chief Commissaryman Norman G. Monson
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: August 05, 1943 / Age: 25
Died in service in North Carolina

Private Benjamin Kleinsasser
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 41st Field Artillery Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 05, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.

Private First Class Jesse W. Petersen
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 27th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: August 05, 1943 / Age: 28
Killed in action in the Southwest Pacific Area

Seaman 2nd Class Ernest E. Wieber
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: August 04, 1943 / Age: 20
Died in service in Warden, Washington

Private Donald M. McLean
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 18th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 04, 1943 / Age: 22
Died in service in Sicily

Seaman 2nd Class Harold Solomon
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: August 04, 1943 / Age: 21
Died in service in Moses Lake, Washington

Private First Class Manville Thorson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 02, 1943 / Age: 31
Killed in action in Southwest Pacific Area

Private First Class Edward N. Kniefel
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 161st Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: August 01, 1943 / Age: 28
Killed in action in New Georgia

Private Anton M. Mastrud
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 161st Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: August 01, 1943 / Age: 33
Killed in action in the Southwest Pacific Area

Private Richard Monger
Rugby, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 162nd Infantry Medical Corps
Date of Loss: July 30, 1943 / Age: 24