FALLEN
World War II
1945
PFC Camille I. Du Puis
Rugby, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Service Command, Eighth Air Force
Date of Loss: May 10, 1945 / Age: 23
Killed in action in England.
1945
Sgt. John H. McCarten
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 276th Infantry Regiment, 70th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 05, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1945
Private First Class Robert L. Aas
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 385th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 08, 1945 / Age: 19
Died in service in Germany
1945
Private First Class Alexander H. Hamilton
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 09, 1945 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Czechoslovakia
1945
Tech 5c Allen R. Gunkel
Rochester Township, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 24th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
Date of Loss: March 02, 1945 / Age: 25
Killed in action near Belgium.
1945
Major Richard J. Knapp
Binford ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 23, 1945 / Age: 25
Died in service in Rumkhapalong, India
1945
PFC Joseph P. Dennick
Beaulieu Township, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 182nd Infantry Regiment, Americal Division
Date of Loss: March 07, 1945 / Age: 22
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Sergeant Earl H. Leland
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:100th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 05, 1945 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Germany
1945
Sergeant Lawrence A. Zierke
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:95th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 11, 1945 / Age: 31
He died at an English hospital at the age of 31 from injuries sustained during WWII in France.
1945
PFC Walter Keierleber
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 80th Field Artillery Battalion, 6th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 07, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Private Leslie G. Hartley
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: May 09, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in action on Okinawa Island
1945
Electrician's Mate 1st Class Henry J. McClaflin
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: October 30, 1945 / Age: 24
Was due for discharge when he was on the USS Lyman stationed off San Francisco Bay. The Whale-boat that left Potrero Point to return the sailors to the USS Lyman capsized about a mile from the berth in heavy winds on October 30, 1945.
1945
Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Clifford E. Smith
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: May 13, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Okinawa
1945
Private First Class Quinten S. Robel
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 11, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Okinawa
1945
Gunnery Sergeant Russell W. Lippert
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:4th Tank Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:4th Marine Division
Date of Loss: February 22, 1945 / Age: 26
Colonel Robert M. Neiman described the moment Lippert gave his life to his country in his memoir, "Tanks on the Beaches". "Division called at about two in the morning and said the (previous) attack had been repulsed.