FALLEN
World War II
1945
Staff Sgt. Douglas W. Thompson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Infantry Regiment, Americal Division
Date of Loss: May 04, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Private First Class Loren M. Baker
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 11, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in action 11 May 45 Okinawa
1945
PFC Clarence Grimestad
Charlson, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 129th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 30, 1945 / Age: 39
Killed in action in the Battle for Clark Field and Fort Stotsenburg on Luzon in the Philippines.
1945
Captain Robert B. Holmes
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: P-51 44-63214
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:82nd Fighter Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:8th Air Force
Date of Loss: April 16, 1945 / Age: 24
Killed in action when he was flying a mission to strafe enemy airfields in the present-day Czech Republic. After strafing two airfields heading towards the third, his plane was hit by flak, and he crashed and was killed near Prague
1945
Technician 5th Grade Mark E. De Mots
Minot, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:56th Signal Air Warning Battalion
Date of Loss: July 30, 1945 / Age: 22
Killed in action near France.
1945
Sergeant Arthur B. Rossland
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:776th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: March 19, 1945 / Age: 34
Killed in action in Germany
1945
Staff Sergeant Daniel H. Sullivan
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:11th Tank Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:10th Armored Division
Date of Loss: April 02, 1945 / Age: 25
Killed in action near France.
1945
PFC Sidney Aamodt
Hamar, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 355th Infantry Regiment, 89th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 16, 1945 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.
1945
Private Ernest P. Sczesny
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:388th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
Date of Loss: March 08, 1945 / Age: 30
Died in service in Midway, Georgia
1945
Private Knut G. Pladson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:87th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 08, 1945 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Belgium
1945
Private Glenn E. Hover
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 21, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Shima, Ryukyus Island
1945
Private First Class Adolph Buxie
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 21, 1945 / Age: 22
Killed in action on the Philippine Islands
1945
Seaman 2nd Class Bill M. Murphy Jr.
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: December 20, 1945 / Age: 22
Died in service in San Peblo, California
1945
PFC William H. Nelson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 129th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 01, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
1LT William H. Magill Jr.
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 31, 1945 / Age: 26
Died on 31 January 1945 on board a rescue ship. Was a soldier of the Bataan Death March.
Buried at Riverside Cemetery Fargo ND
Name is included on the All Veterans Memorial at the ND Capitol grounds in Bismarck ND.