State Heroes
World War II
1942
Private Robert O. Shellum
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 01, 1942 / Age: 25
Died in service in New Caledonia
1942
Private Harold R. Van Hoof
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 161st Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 27, 1942 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Hawaii
1942
Corporal Benjamin F. Winter
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 25, 1942 / Age: 27
Died in service as a POW in the Philippine Islands.
1942
Staff Sergeant Alex W. Kaiser
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 19, 1942 / Age: 27
As a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Corps he died in a B-25 bomber accident at Columbia Army Air Base, South Carolina during WWII
1942
2nd Lieutenant Martin O. Vangsness
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 13, 1942 / Age: 22
He died in service when a big army bomber he was on crashed near the Colombia air base in South Carolina.
1942
Seaman 3rd Class George E. Chetney
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: September 12, 1942 / Age: 22
Died in service in Key West, Florida
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
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.