State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1945
Corporal Leroy B. Stenberg
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:5th Marine Division
Date of Loss: March 03, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Iwo Jima
1945
Corporal Michael A. Drury
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:155th Airborne Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:17th Airborne Division
Date of Loss: January 05, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Belgium
1945
Private Milton W. Reisenseber
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:106th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 16, 1945 / Age: 23
Died in service in Germany
1945
Sergeant Clifford A. Myhra
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:870th Bomb Squadron
Date of Loss: February 10, 1945 / Age: 21
B-29 "WEREWOLF" 42-63423 497th Bomb Group, 870th Bomb Squadron Aircraft A-Square-28 hit by fighter on a mission to Tokyo, exploded mid-air 1-27-1945
1945
Radioman 1st Class Leland D. Klein
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: August 13, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Okinawa
1945
Private First Class Andrew D. Mathiasen
Crosby, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Sixth Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 17, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Private Philander E. Vannatta
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 18, 1945 / Age: 27
Died in service in Ft. Knox, Kentucky
1945
Private Maurice C. Keller
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:80th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 08, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Luxembourg.
1945
Private First Class Victor R. Wuertz
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 23, 1945 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Luzon, Philippine Islands
1945
Private Mark F. Packard
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:87th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 25, 1945 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Germany
1945
Private John M. Grier
Rugby, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:562nd Anti-Aircraft Arty (Automatic Weapons) Battalion
Date of Loss: February 13, 1945 / Age: 22
Killed in action near Belgium.
1945
Private Frederick R. Rodahl
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:99th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 15, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in Belgium.
1945
Lieutenant Junior Grade Clarence A. Teige
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: July 24, 1945 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Honshu, Japan
1945
Private First Class Christ J. Dauenhauer
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:95th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 23, 1945 / Age: 22
Killed in action in England.
1945
Staff Sergeant Ernest F. Knutson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:358th Air Baser Squadron Army Corps
Date of Loss: March 13, 1945 / Age: 23
Died in service in Blythe, California
1945
Second Lieutenant Melvin Alderman
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:427th Bomb Squadron
Date of Loss: April 06, 1945 / Age: 26
Killed in action in mid-air collision during Mission #353, 6 April 1945, to Leipzig, Germany. Crew was flying in B-17G #43-38958 Green Hill Belle (427BS) GN- H.