State Heroes

Private First Class Carl B. Wasness

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:79th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 19, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Private First Class Albert E. Schulz

Elgin, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:38th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 09, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Technician Fifth Grade Arnold M. Krueger

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 1896th Engineer Battalion, Aviation

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1896th Engineer Battalion, Aviation

Date of Loss: January 12, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Staff Sergeant Ralph G. Vix

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: February 17, 1945 / Age: 28

Killed in action near Luxembourg.

Sergeant Frank X. Schmidt

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:First Cavalry Division

Date of Loss: May 18, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Technician Fourth Grade Harold D. Ellingson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:94th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 20, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action near Italy.

Private First Class Louis W. Kram

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:37th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 23, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Staff Sergeant Otto J. Dockter

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: February 14, 1945 / Age: 24

Killed in action near Luxembourg.

Sergeant Gregory F. Boehm

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:66th Infantry Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:12th Armored Division

Date of Loss: January 16, 1945 / Age: 22

Killed in action in France.

Staff Sergeant Douglas W. Thompson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division

Date of Loss: May 04, 1945 / Age: 24

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Technician Fifth Grade Mark E. De Mots

Minot, ND

World War II (WWII)

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.

Private First Class Sidney Aamodt

Hamar, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:89th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 16, 1945 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.

Second Lieutenant Ralph L. Kankovsky

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:37th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 11, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Staff Sergeant Daniel H. Sullivan

World War II (WWII)

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.

Private First Class William H. Nelson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:37th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 01, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

First Lieutenant 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.