State Heroes

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.

Private Joseph H. Hartinger

Curlew Township, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: January 08, 1945 / Age: 30

Killed in action near Belgium.

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

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

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

Private First Class George R. McGregor

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: February 28, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Technician Fourth Class John C. Knight

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:899th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Date of Loss: March 12, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action near Belgium.

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.

Private First Class Paul B. Dyer

Economy Township, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:104th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 23, 1945 / Age: 36

Killed in action near Belgium.

Second Lieutenant Emmett P. O'Day

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:106th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron

Date of Loss: March 18, 1945 / Age: 33

Killed in action in Germany.

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

Private First Class Andrew D. Mathiasen

Crosby, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: March 17, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

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

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

Private Maurice C. Keller

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:80th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 08, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action near Luxembourg.

Private John M. Grier

Rugby, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:562nd Anti-Aircraft Arty (Automatic Weapons) Battalion

Date of Loss: February 13, 1945 / Age: 22

Killed in action near Belgium.