State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1945
Private First Class Arthur O. Anderson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:27th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 01, 1945 / Age: 35
Killed in action 1 May 45 Okinawa
1945
Private Boyd A. Maize
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K
Date of Loss: May 31, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Okinawa
1945
Staff Sergeant Robert J. Frauenholtz
Grand Forks, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:835th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: April 07, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in action near Belgium.
1945
Technical Sergeant Thomas H. Conners
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:6th Rangers Infantry Battalion
Date of Loss: February 04, 1945 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Luzon, Philippine Islands
1945
Private David L. Mythaler
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: January 03, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Belgium.
1945
Private First Class Ira L. Walla
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department
Date of Loss: April 28, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Okinawa
1945
Staff Sergeant Henry S. Lee
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:75th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 15, 1945 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Belgium
1945
Private First Class Lawrence Lessard
Grafton, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:95th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 11, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Netherlands.
1945
Lieutenant Charles E. Pagenkopf
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: March 23, 1945 / Age: 29
Died in service in Waurika, Oklahoma in a plane crash
1945
Private First Class James L. Margach
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:305th Infantry
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:77th Division
Date of Loss: January 15, 1945 / Age: 27
Killed in action in the Philippine Islands
1945
Corporal Earl A. Slaybaugh
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:337th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: January 28, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Belgium.
1945
Sergeant Lionel A. Tetzloff
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:859th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: February 09, 1945 / Age: 25
On February 9, 1945 he was on the crew of the B-24 Liberator #42-7563 during a mission to drop supplies to partisans fighting the Nazis in Yugoslavia. Their aircraft exploded in mid-air as they crossed the Adriatic coast over present day Croatia.
1945
Technician Third Grade John T. Johnson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Detachment
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:99th Infantry Battalion
Date of Loss: January 07, 1945 / Age: 37
Killed in action in Belgium
1945
Staff Sergeant Raymond A. Avery
Pherrin Township, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 19, 1945 / Age: 34
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Private Donat J. Du Bord
Pleasant Township, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:26th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 27, 1945 / Age: 22
Killed in action near France.
1945
Private First Class Henry O. Stenberg
Arnegard, ND
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 19, 1945 / Age: