State Heroes
World War II
1942
Technician 5th Grade Harley A. Quarne
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 10, 1942 / Age: 24
Died in service in De Rudder, Louisiana
1942
2nd Lieutenant Harry E. Wylie
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 10, 1942 / Age: 24
Died in service in the Canal Zone
1942
Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Rolland C. Johnson
World War II
Branch of Service: Coast Guard
Date of Loss: September 09, 1942 / Age: 22
Officers and crew of USS Muskeget (WAG 48) were lost At 15.16 hours on 9 September 1942 when U-755 fired a spread of three torpedoes at an auxiliary vessel and heard two hits, followed by sinking noises.
1942
Pvt. Leslie Stickelmeyer
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Philippine Engineer Depot
Date of Loss: September 03, 1942 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1942
PFC Robert A. Norby
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 77th Bomber Squadron, 28th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: September 02, 1942 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1942
Private First Class Lloyd L. Whipple
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 10, 1942 / Age: 24
Died in service in a POW camp in the Philippines after surviving the Bataan Death March.
1942
Seaman Apprentice Lawrence Williamson
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: August 10, 1942 / Age: 21
Killed in action when aboard the USS Vincennes during the Battle of Savo Island.
1942
GM2c Carmen A. Erikson
Arnegard, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: August 09, 1942 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1942
Sgt. Leo H. Edwards
Park River, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 27th Material Squadron, 20th Air Base Group
Date of Loss: August 06, 1942 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1942
Private Alphie V. Tooke
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 04, 1942 / Age: 22
Died in service in Columbia, South Carolina
1942
MoMM2c Sidney A. Loe
Sanish, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: July 30, 1942 / Age: 26
Died while in MIA status aboard the USS Grunion. The ship reportedly sank, when it was hit by a Japanese ship it had torpedoed.
1942
Corporal LaVerne E. Ulmer
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 28, 1942 / Age: 24
Died in service at the POW Camp Cabanatuan in the Philippine Islands
1942
Private Roy N. Opstedal
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 27, 1942 / Age: 26
Died in service in Ft Warron, Wyoming
1942
Pvt. Theodore Alleckson
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 36th Bomber Squadron, 28th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: July 17, 1942 / Age:
Killed in action while flying aboard 41-9126. United States territory. Remains not recovered.
1942
Seaman 1st Class Gordon T. Dahl
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Ingraham DD-444
Date of Loss: August 22, 1942 / Age: 21
Killed in action on the Ingraham. The destroyer Ingraham on July 19, 1941 and with the outbreak of World War II commenced escort duty for convoys sailing from New York and Halifax to the British Isles.