State Heroes

2nd Lieutenant George L. Murray
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 08, 1945 / Age: 22
Lt. George Murray was killed when the P-47D he was piloting crashed into the Gulf of Mexico 20 miles east of Matagorda, Texas.

Staff Sergeant Howard M. Murray
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 612th Bomb Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 8th401st Bomb Group
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 8th Air Force
Date of Loss: March 24, 1945 / Age: 19
S/Sgt. Murray's plane, I'll Be Seeing You, crashed returning to England after a bombing mission.

First Lieutenant Tracy Henry Murrey
Baldwin
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: C Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 4th Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade
Date of Loss: November 20, 1967 / Age: 25
Tracy Henry Murrey was killed during a massive attempt on Hill 875 near Dak To in November of 1967. 123 men lost their lives during this intense 3 day firefight.

2nd Lieutenant Douglas L. Mutchler
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 365th Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 305th Bomber Group
Date of Loss: August 17, 1943 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Belgium

Private First Class Gary Fredrick Myers
Fort Yates, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Recon Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: May 13, 1968 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam through hostile small arms fire.

Cpl. Stanford Amick Myers
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 164th Infantry
Date of Loss: October 07, 1918 / Age: 30
Killed in action on Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried, Grave 35, Row 10, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Private Frank Ebbenezer Myers
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 22, 1918 / Age: 22
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website

Private Frank Ebbenezer Myers
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Date of Loss: October 22, 1918 / Age: 22
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website

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

Staff Sergeant Robert V. Myers
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in the European Area
Sgt. Arthur Mygland
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 776th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: November 21, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.

Sergeant Clifford A. Myhra
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 870th Bomb Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 497th Bomb Group
Date of Loss: February 10, 1945 / Age: 21
B-29 "WEREWOLF" 42-63423 497th Bomb Group, 870th Bomb Squadron Aircraft A-Square-28 hit by fighter on a mission to Tokyo, exploded mid-air 1-27-1945

Corporal Marvin Jerome Myhre
New Rockford, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 6407th Ammunition Handling Unit
Date of Loss: August 23, 1950 / Age: 21
Initial reports indicated he met his death when a vehicle in which he was riding missed a turn and was wrecked near the front lines in Korea. Further investigation determined that enemy sniper fire caused the accident.

Olaf Edward Myhre
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M, 140th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 28, 1918 / Age: 30
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried in Grave 8, Row 21, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
HA1/c Ernest Oliver Myhre
World War I
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Training Station, San Francisco, Calif.
Date of Loss: July 27, 1918 / Age: 26
Died at Naval Training Station, San Francisco, Calif., on July 27, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.