State Heroes
World War II
1942
2nd Lieutenant Albert F. Whitney
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 23, 1942 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Private First Class Olard H. Boucher
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 23, 1942 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Private First Class Harold M. Poppen
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 23, 1942 / Age: 20
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 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
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
Corporal Richard C. Myers
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: 21
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
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
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.
1942
Private Harold S. Zerface
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: 24
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands