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1945

Seaman 1c Melvin G. Frey

Granville, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: October 26, 1945 / Age: 18

Died while in MIA status.

1944

Technical Sergeant Herbert Fried

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 338th Bomber Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 96th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: April 11, 1944 / Age: 29

Killed in action in a plane that crashed in the Baltic Sea, about 55 miles E of Sassnitz. The cause of the crash was enemy aircraft.

1945

Private First Class Frank R. Friedbauer

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 63rd Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 6th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: January 15, 1945 / Age: 37

Killed in action in Luzon, Philippine Islands

1945

2nd Lieutenant Robert E. Friesz

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 116th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 29th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: August 25, 1945 / Age: 25

Killed in action in France

1942

Staff Sergeant George H. Fritz

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: December 08, 1942 / Age: 27

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1944

Private First Class James W. Fritz

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 23rd Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 25, 1944 / Age: 29

Killed in action in France

1944

Private Harold L. Frostad

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: June 21, 1944 / Age: 19

Killed in action in France

1944

Aviation Machinist's Mate 1st Class Carlyle J. Fuglie

Devils Lake, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: October 30, 1944 / Age: 23

On October 30, 1944, while the Belleau Wood was patrolling with her task group east of Leyte in the Philippines, she shot down a Japanese kamikaze plane, which fell on her flight deck aft, causing fires which set off ammunition.

1942

PM3 Eddy Warren Fuller

Minot, ND

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: May 06, 1942 / Age:

Was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his death while still in captivity.