State Heroes

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

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

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

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.

Radioman Third Class Jerome W. Baglien

Hillsboro, ND

World War II (WWII)

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. 

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 

Staff Sergeant Joseph R. Agard

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age: 23

Died in service in the territory of Hawaii

Private Lester Tellinghuisen

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:35th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 28, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Private First Class Lawrence J. Harmon

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: March 24, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Bougainville Island

Private First Class Robert D. Block

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: September 29, 1944 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Holland

Private First Class Charles M. Page Jr.

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 30, 1944 / Age: 21

Killed in action in France

Staff Sergeant Albert R. Rodacker

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Second Lieutenant Henry F. Telken

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:576th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: July 21, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action when his plane went down in Ammersee, a body of water that is a large lake about (12) miles due east of Landsberg, Germany, and approximately (25) miles southwest of Munich,

Private First Class Marvin G. Miller

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:9th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: August 06, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action in France

Private Vernon H. Nielson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: September 21, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Private Jesse Navarro

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:5th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: August 26, 1944 / Age: 22

Killed in action in France