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1945

Private Gilbert P. Lafferty

Leyden, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 23rd Infantry Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Seventh Armored Division

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

Killed in action in Belgium.

1944

Private Charles J. LaFrance

Maryville Township, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: F Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: Second Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 502nd Parachute Infantry

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division

Date of Loss: September 19, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action during Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands.

1945

Private Leo C. Lambert

World War II (WWII)

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

1945

Captain John Landdeck Jr.

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Killed in action in Cebu, Philippine Islands

1944

Private First Class Richard Landenberger

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 129th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 37th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 24, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

1944

Second Lieutenant Wellington E. Landis

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 788th Bomber Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 129th Infantry Regiment

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.

1943

Private Lloyd F. Landscoot

Jamestown, ND

World War II (WWII)

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.

1942

Sergeant First Class Virgil A. Lane

World War II (WWII)

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.

1945

Private First Class Leonard I. Langager

Mayville, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: C Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: First Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 333rd Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 84th Infantry Division

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.

1944

Private First Class Herman E. Lange

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 329th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 83rd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

1942

Coxswain Terrance H. Langeliers

Linton, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: March 27, 1942 / Age: 25

Died while in MIA status - buried at sea. Died aboard the USS Atik when it was hit on the port side ahead of the bridge by a G7e torpedo from U-123 about 300 miles east of Norfolk.