State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1945
Technical Sergeant Matthias Mastel
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: February 21, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Private First Class Norman R. Benson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:4th Marine Division
Date of Loss: February 24, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Iwo Jima
1945
Staff Sergeant Bernard L. Coordes
Bismarck, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:914th Field Artillery Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:89th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 20, 1945 / Age: 31
Killed in action near France.
1945
Private First Class Michael P. Gores
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 28, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Private Joseph A. Carlascio
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 11, 1945 / Age: 28
Died in service in Luzon, Philippines
1945
Private Edward Reichenberg
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 02, 1945 / Age: 30
Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands
1945
Second Lieutenant George L. Murray
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 08, 1945 / Age: 22
Lt. George Murray was killed when the P-47D he was piloting crashed into the Gulf of Mexico 20 miles east of Matagorda, Texas.
1945
Private First Class James F. Mainz
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:68th Infantry Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:14th Armored Division
Date of Loss: January 12, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1945
Private First Class Twan D. Wade
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:83rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 04, 1945 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Belgium
1945
Sergeant George Volk
Orrin, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:96th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 04, 1945 / Age: 23
Killed-in-action during the Battle of Okinawa
1945
Technical Sergeant Louis O. Joos
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 10, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Belgium.
1945
Sergeant Clarence B. Workman
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:55th Armed Infantry Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:11th Armored Division
Date of Loss: March 11, 1945 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Germany
1945
Technical Sergeant Paul E. Charbonneau
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:786th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: April 11, 1945 / Age: 24
B-24H #41-29423 took off from Attlebridge, England on a bombing mission over Oschersleben, Germany. They were attacked by German fighter planes which damaged the #1 engine causing them to crash in Germany during the war.
1945
Private First Class Carl W. Nelson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:94th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 26, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Luxembourg.
1945
Sergeant Earl C. Livdahl
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:76th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 06, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Luxembourg.
1945
Sergeant Edwin C. Ziemann
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:37th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: February 15, 1945 / Age: 29
Died in service in Luzon, Philippine Islands