State Heroes

Second Lieutenant Paul W. Twedten

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 112th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 28th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: August 10, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Staff Sergeant Ernest A. Tweten

Heimdal, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 579th Bomber Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 392nd Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: October 09, 1944 / Age: 24

Died while in MIA status. Killed on a mission to Vegesack aboard 42-7470 "Exterminator" when the aircraft was attacked by enemy fighters in the vicinity of the coast North of the target at Vegesack.

First Sergeant Clarence A. Uhrich

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 13, 1943 / Age: 25

Killed in action in Italy

Second Lieutenant Robert A. Ulland

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 12, 1944 / Age: 26

Died in service in Waddington, England

Chief Pharmacist Mate John C. Ulmer

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: December 13, 1944 / Age: 36

Chief Pharmacist's Mate John Cassady Ulmer, United States Navy, 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.

Corporal LaVerne E. Ulmer

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 28, 1942 / Age: 24

Died in service at the POW Camp Cabanatuan in the Philippine Islands

Private Edmund Ulrich

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: January 06, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Italy

Staff Sergeant Milton H. Underdahl

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 330th Bomber Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 93rd Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: September 21, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Belgium.

Private Sheldon J. Underdahl

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 22, 1943 / Age: 26

Lost at sea over the Atlantic Ocean aboard B-24D Liberator #41-23914 while on an anti-submarine patrol flight out of Langley Field, Virginia.

Private Leroy S. Upton

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 22nd Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Fourth Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 02, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near Belgium.

Technician Fifth Class Raymond C. Urquhart

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: Seventh Material Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: Fifth Air Base Group

Date of Loss: January 17, 1943 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Major Gordon A. Utke

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 31st Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: December 15, 1944 / Age: 29

Died while in MIA status.

Corporal Willard Fred Van Alst

Williston, ND

Branch 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.

Corporal Willard F. Van Alst

Williston, ND

World War II (WWII)

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.

Private First Class William J. Van De Hoven

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 127th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 32nd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 30, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.