State Heroes

Electrician's Mate Third Class John A. Barrow

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: April 12, 1945 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Okinawa

Staff Sergeant Gerhard R. Lund

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:17th Airborne Division

Date of Loss: March 28, 1945 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Germany

Private First Class John H. Bustin

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1345 Army Air Force Base Unit

Date of Loss: May 10, 1945 / Age: 24

Died in service in Msinching, China

Private Vernon R. Seabrook

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 13, 1945 / Age: 24

 A shell hit his whole company and they were buried there in one grave with their names on a large grave site memorial. They were in Okinawa when it happened.

Sergeant Howard J. Erb

Garrison, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 04, 1945 / Age: 31

Killed in action near France.

Private First Class Robert J. De Vol

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Marines' Fourth Division

Date of Loss: February 19, 1945 / Age: 20

Killed in Action in Iwo Jima

Private First Class Francis J. Mozinski

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 26, 1945 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Zamami Shima, Ryukyu Islands

Corporal Fred R. Melnick

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: February 09, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Private First Class Frederic T. Fox

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:96th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: May 17, 1945 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Okinawa

Private First Class Alvin Leonard Bernhoft

Hensel, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:164th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: February 28, 1945 / Age: 28

Joined the 164th Regt., U. S. Army, Apr. 22, 1941. He saw service at Louisiana, Aust­ralia, New Caledonia, Fiji Islands, Guad­alcanal, Bougainville and the Philippine Islands. He lost his life Feb. 28, 1945, dur­ing heavy action on Leyte. 

Staff Sergeant Gilbert F. Van Keuren

Jamestown, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:813th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Date of Loss: April 10, 1945 / Age: 28

Killed in action in the Netherlands.

Private First Class Glenn O. Hagen

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 15, 1945 / Age: 29

Killed in action in Brandenburg, Germany

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 Lawrence A. Possibuon

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Marine Corps - SS

Date of Loss: June 02, 1945 / Age: 19

Died in service on Parris Island, South Carolina

Staff Sergeant Philip J. Dockter

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division

Date of Loss: February 27, 1945 / Age: 25

Killed in action in the Philippines

Second Lieutenant Harvey L. Kivi

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 24, 1945 / Age: 23

Died in service in Akron, Colorado