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1942

Private Elton L. Pederson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division

Date of Loss: November 22, 1942 / Age: 28

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942

Staff Sergeant Pat G. Reilly

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 34th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 22, 1942 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942

2nd Lieutenant Paul T. Estell

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 22, 1942 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942

Private First Class Raymond E. Moore

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division

Date of Loss: November 22, 1942 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942

Private First Class Renes F. Hitchcock

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: November 22, 1942 / Age: 19

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942

2nd Lieutenant Rilie R. Morgan

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division

Date of Loss: November 22, 1942 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942

Private Wenzel A. Picha

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: November 22, 1942 / Age: 34

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942

1st Sergeant Winfred B. Fischer

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 22, 1942 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942

Private First Class John R. Weigel

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division

Date of Loss: November 22, 1942 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942

2LT Carl E. Vettel

Caledonia, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: November 21, 1942 / Age: 23

KIA while leading a patrol west of the Matanikau River in the Point Cruz pocket November 21st, he was killed as he threw a hand grenade at an enemy machine gun nest.

1942

Sergeant First Class Virgil A. Lane

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division

Date of Loss: November 21, 1942 / Age: 22

Virgil Lane was killed Nov. 21, 1942, on Guadalcanal while serving with the 164th North Dakota Infantry Regiment in World War II. The Hillsboro Lane-Osmon Veterans of Foreign Wars post is named in honor of Virgil's memory.