State Heroes
World War II
1944
Pvt. Leroy S. Upton
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 02, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Belgium.
1943
Tech. 5c Raymond C. Urquhart
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 7th Material Squadron, 5th Air Base Group
Date of Loss: January 17, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1944
Major Gordon A. Utke
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 31st Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: December 15, 1944 / Age: 29
Died while in MIA status.
1942
Corporal Willard F. Van Alst
Williston, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Marine Corps
Date of Loss: November 10, 1942 / Age:
Died in a POW camp.
1942
Cpl. Willard Fred Van Alst
Williston, NDBranch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: April 09, 1942 / Age:
Was captured by the Japanese at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands and was held as a Prisoner of War until his death while still in captivity.
1945
PFC William J. Van De Hoven
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 30, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1942
Private Harold R. Van Hoof
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 161st Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 27, 1942 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Hawaii
1945
Staff Sgt. Gilbert F. Van Keuren
Jamestown, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 813th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: April 10, 1945 / Age: 28
Killed in action in the Netherlands.
1945
1st Lt. Clarence E. Van Ray
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Marine Corps
Date of Loss: January 28, 1945 / Age:
Died in a POW camp.
1942
1st Lt. Clarence Edward Van Ray
Valley City, NDBranch of Service: Marines
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.
1942
2nd Lieutenant Martin O. Vangsness
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 13, 1942 / Age: 22
He died in service when a big army bomber he was on crashed near the Colombia air base in South Carolina.
1945
Private Philander E. Vannatta
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 18, 1945 / Age: 27
Died in service in Ft. Knox, Kentucky
1944
1st Lieutenant Erling J. Varland
World War II
Date of Loss: November 24, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands
1944
Cpl. Theodore Albert Vasicek
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Tr A 4th Calvary Recon Sq
Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age:
Captured by German Forces while on Combat Patrol 27 July 1944.
Wounded In Action France 27 July 1944.
1944
Private Ross R. Veach
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 05, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Germany