State Heroes
World War II
1942
Private First Class Roy E. McCarty
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 05, 1942 / Age: 21
Died in service as a POW in the Philippine Islands
1942
1942
Staff Sergeant Arthur W. Jones
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 05, 1942 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Island
1942
Staff Sergeant Robert C. Cross
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 05, 1942 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Private First Class Roy D. Nelson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 01, 1942 / Age: 23
Died in service in New Caledonia
1942
Sergeant Raymond G. Holzworth
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 01, 1942 / Age: 23
Killed in action in the South Pacific
1942
Sergeant Vernal M. Skarison
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 28, 1942 / Age: 22
Vernal died in the "Line Of Duty" when a medium Army bomber flying out of Page Field crashed four miles west of Venus Florida.
1942
Private Robert D. Newman
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division
Date of Loss: October 26, 1942 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Corporal Jack F. Leithold
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: October 26, 1942 / Age: 23
On October 25 & 26, 1942, less than two weeks after landing on Guadalcanal, the 164th Infantry Regiment would become involved in the heaviest fighting of the Guadalcanal Campaign after the Japanese launched a surprise offensive.
1942
Private First Class George E. Kudrna
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 26, 1942 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Private First Class Dale W. Coppens
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: October 26, 1942 / Age: 26
Killed in action in the South Pacific
1942
2nd Lieutenant Arvid J. Grasvik
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 26, 1942 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Private First Class Palmer G. Foss
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 26, 1942 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Private First Class John W. McClure
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 26, 1942 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Staff Sergeant Casper J. Oie
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Air Corps
Date of Loss: October 24, 1942 / Age: 24
POW: Cabanatuan Prisoner of War Camp, Luzon, Philippines.
Died of dysentery and malnutrition on October 24, 1942. Buried in mass grave at POW Camp.
Remains recovered October 1952.