State Heroes Total:
3937
Service Branch

World War II

Henry H. Raaum photo 1945

Corporal Henry H. Raaum

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 417th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 22, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action near Luxembourg.

Edward Norenberg photo 1945

Private First Class Edward Norenberg

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: May 24, 1945 / Age: 33

Died in service in the Philippine Islands

George Fraser photo 1945

Technical Sergeant George Fraser

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:27th Infantry Division

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

Killed in action in Okinawa

Orrin C. Christianson photo 1945

Tech. Sgt. Orrin C. Christianson

Williston, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Infantry Regiment, Americal Division

Date of Loss: March 06, 1945 / Age: 29

Killed in action near the Philippines.

Merlin J. Hagen photo 1945

Private First Class Merlin J. Hagen

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:102nd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 18, 1945 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Germany

Bernard S. Bennison photo 1945

1st Lieutenant Bernard S. Bennison

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: April 15, 1945 / Age: 25

Killed in action over Kawasaki, Japan

Harry A. Meyers photo 1945

Private Harry A. Meyers

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

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

Killed in action in Iwo Jima

Boyd A. Maize photo 1945

Private Boyd A. Maize

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K

Date of Loss: May 31, 1945 / Age: 19

Killed in action in Okinawa

Jerome W. Baglien photo 1945

RM3c Jerome W. Baglien

Hillsboro, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Sculpin

Date of Loss: December 05, 1945 / Age: 22

United States Naval Reserve. Killed in action on the USS Sculpin when it was sunk by a Japanese Destroyer. South Pacific Ocean. Remains not recovered. 

Ira L. Walla photo 1945

Private First Class Ira L. Walla

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department

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

Killed in action in Okinawa

Lawrence L. Lee photo 1945

Staff Sergeant Lawrence L. Lee

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-29 #42-24598

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:869th Bomber Squadron

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:20th Air Force

Date of Loss: January 09, 1945 / Age: 25

On January 9, 1945, while returning from mission to Musashino Aircraft Factory near Tokyo, came under attack by enemy fighters. The bomber was severely battle damaged, and ditched in the Pacific off the coast of Japan

Eugene Mickel photo 1945

Corporal Eugene Mickel

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 129th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 11, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Charles E. Pagenkopf photo 1945

Lieutenant Charles E. Pagenkopf

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: March 23, 1945 / Age: 29

Died in service in Waurika, Oklahoma in a plane crash

James Lewis Margach photo 1945

Private First Class James L. Margach

World War II

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

Andy I. Stamnes photo 1945

SGT Andy I. Stamnes

Cooperstown, ND

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 17, 1945 / Age: