State Heroes
World War II
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
Private First Class Eddie M. Nelson
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: July 12, 1942 / Age: 20
Died in service at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
1942
Private Allen A. Parke
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 06, 1942 / Age: 20
Died in POW Cabanatuan Camp in the Philippine Islands. He died of diphtheria.
1942
PFC Glen J. Miller
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Army Air Corps
Date of Loss: July 05, 1942 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1942
Private Harold A. Hall
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 04, 1942 / Age: 28
Died in Cabanatuan POW camp of Malaria
1942
Staff Sgt. Irvin C. Skramstad
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 3rd Pursuit Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group
Date of Loss: July 01, 1942 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1942
1st Lieutenant Harvey F. Rice
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 194th Tank Battalion
Date of Loss: July 01, 1942 / Age: 24
According to records kept by the POW medical staff, Harvey was admitted to the camp hospital on June 18, 1942, suffering from dysentery and a poor diet, and assigned to Barracks 3.
1942
Private Robert O. Lium
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 28, 1942 / Age: 22
Died in service in Santa Barbara, California
1942
Seaman 2c Wallace E. Green
Cartwright, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: June 28, 1942 / Age: 25
Died while on board the SS Tillie Lykes, an American steam merchant, when it was torpedoed by a German submarine about 100 miles south of the Dominican Republic. His body was lost at sea and was not recovered.
1942
Private Walter W. Wildgrube
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 20, 1942 / Age: 29
Died in service at Camp Bowie, Texas
1942
Pvt. Teddy Belcheff
Normania Township, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 16th Bomber Squadron, 27th Bomber Group, Light
Date of Loss: June 20, 1942 / Age: 26
Died while in POW status. Philippines. Remains not recovered.
1942
Private John G. Halligan
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 18, 1942 / Age: 23
Died in Cabanatuan POW camp