State Heroes

PFC Victor F. La Count

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 506th Parachute Infantry Regt, 101st Airborne Division

Date of Loss: January 10, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action near Luxembourg.

Capt. Melville C. La Force

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 253rd Infantry Regiment, 63rd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 04, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Private Ernest La Forte

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 41st Armed Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: November 21, 1944 / Age: 39

Killed in action in Germany

Private Clement W. Lack

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: May 02, 1945 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Okinawa

1st Lt. Loran R. Ladwig

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Marine Corps

Date of Loss: September 17, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Pvt. Gilbert P. Lafferty

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 23rd Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division

Date of Loss: January 24, 1945 / Age: 25

Killed in action in Belgium.

Pvt. Charles J. LaFrance

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: F Company, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne Division

Date of Loss: September 19, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action during Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands.

Private Leo C. Lambert

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 129th Infantry Regiment A/S Infantry

Date of Loss: January 30, 1945 / Age: 28

Killed in action in Luzon, Philippine Islands

Captain John Landdeck Jr.

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 14, 1945 / Age: 29

Killed in action in Cebu, Philippine Islands

PFC Richard Landenberger

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 129th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 24, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

2nd Lt. Wellington E. Landis

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 788th Bomber Squadron, 467th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: April 22, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action. Lt. Landis was the Navigator on Lt. James Roden's B-24 crew. He was killed when their aircraft was shot down while returning from a mission over Hamm, Germany.

Pvt. Lloyd F. Landscoot

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Army

Date of Loss: February 03, 1943 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Greenland.

Sergeant First Class Virgil A. Lane

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 21, 1942 / Age: 22

Virgil Lane was killed Nov. 21, 1942, on Guadalcanal while serving with the 164th North Dakota Infantry Regiment in World War II. The Hillsboro Lane-Osmon Veterans of Foreign Wars post is named in honor of Virgil's memory.

PFC Leonard I. Langager

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 333rd Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division, 1st Battalion, C Company

Date of Loss: April 13, 1945 / Age:

US Army Infantry

Killed in action by a sniper the last day of the war in the Netherlands.

 

Private Morris C. Landsem

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 720th Military Police Battalion

Date of Loss: August 27, 1945 / Age: 24

Died in service in Luzon, Philippine Islands