State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1945
Technical Sergeant Glenn W. Steen
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:550th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
Date of Loss: July 13, 1945 / Age: 25
Died in service in Glasgow, Scotland
1945
Staff Sergeant Howard M. Murray
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:612th Bomb Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:8th Air Force
Date of Loss: March 24, 1945 / Age: 19
S/Sgt. Murray's plane, I'll Be Seeing You, crashed returning to England after a bombing mission.
1945
Private First Class Robert L. Aas
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:76th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 08, 1945 / Age: 19
Died in service in Germany
1945
Private First Class Joseph E. Lautz
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:70th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: February 18, 1945 / Age: 29
Killed in action in France
1945
Private First Class Alexander H. Hamilton
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 09, 1945 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Czechoslovakia
1945
Sergeant Lawrence A. Zierke
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:95th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 11, 1945 / Age: 31
He died at an English hospital at the age of 31 from injuries sustained during WWII in France.
1945
Private Leslie G. Hartley
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: May 09, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in action on Okinawa Island
1945
Private First Class Steve L. Sivak
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:40th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 01, 1945 / Age: 33
Died in service in the Philippine Islands
1945
Private First Class Martin J. Millner
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 13, 1945 / Age: 37
Died in service in Oahu, Hawaii
1945
Private First Class Arnold H. Hausauer
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 18, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Okinawa
1945
Private First Class John E. Boltz
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:5th Marine Division
Date of Loss: March 04, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in action in the Battle of Iwo Jima in the final push of the battle
1945
Private First Class Allen M. Sawyer
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Military Policy Headquarters
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:35th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 14, 1945 / Age: 38
Killed in action in Dolle, Germany
1945
Technician Fifth Grade Donald S. Peacock
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: February 07, 1945 / Age: 38
Killed in action in Luzon, Philippine Islands
1945
Private First Class George C. Maze
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 28, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Luzon, Philippine Islands.
1945
Private First Class Jasper H. Thompson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 01, 1945 / Age: 30
Killed in action in Zerf, Germany
1945
Private First Class Hans E. Kramer
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 28, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Southwest Pacific