State Heroes Total:
3942
Service Branch

World War II (WWII)

Eugene Mickel photo 1945

Corporal Eugene Mickel

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.

Leland I. Butler photo 1945

Private First Class Leland I. Butler

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: April 24, 1945 / Age: 31

Killed in action near France.

Ira L. Walla photo 1945

Private First Class Ira L. Walla

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department

Date of Loss: April 28, 1945 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Okinawa

Victor F. La Count photo 1945

Private First Class Victor F. La Count

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:101st Airborne Division

Date of Loss: January 10, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action near Luxembourg.

Lawrence L. Lee photo 1945

Staff Sergeant Lawrence L. Lee

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-29 #42-24598

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:869th Bomber Squadron

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:20th Air Force

Date of Loss: January 09, 1945 / Age: 25

On January 9, 1945, while returning from mission to Musashino Aircraft Factory near Tokyo, came under attack by enemy fighters. The bomber was severely battle damaged, and ditched in the Pacific off the coast of Japan

Charles E. Pagenkopf photo 1945

Lieutenant Charles E. Pagenkopf

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: March 23, 1945 / Age: 29

Died in service in Waurika, Oklahoma in a plane crash

James Lewis Margach photo 1945

Private First Class James L. Margach

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:305th Infantry

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:77th Division

Date of Loss: January 15, 1945 / Age: 27

Killed in action in the Philippine Islands

Lionel A. Tetzloff photo 1945

Sergeant Lionel A. Tetzloff

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:859th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: February 09, 1945 / Age: 25

On February 9, 1945 he was on the crew of the B-24 Liberator #42-7563 during a mission to drop supplies to partisans fighting the Nazis in Yugoslavia. Their aircraft exploded in mid-air as they crossed the Adriatic coast over present day Croatia.

Carroll G. Christenson photo 1945

Private First Class Carroll G. Christenson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Fifth Division

Date of Loss: March 08, 1945 / Age: 19

Killed in Action in Iwo Jima

Floyd B. Anderson photo 1945

Private First Class Floyd B. Anderson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:40th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 25, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action in The Philippines.

Edward F. Hanley photo 1945

Private First Class Edward F. Hanley

Page, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Fourth Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron

Date of Loss: March 30, 1945 / Age: 27

Killed in action near the Netherlands.

Orin D. Haugen photo 1945

Colonel Orin D. Haugen

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:11th Airborne Division

Date of Loss: February 22, 1945 / Age: 37

Colonel Haugen was in Parañaque when he was hit by a fragment from a 20mm anti-aircraft shell that the Japanese were firing at his troops.

Norman J. Skubinna photo 1945

Private Norman J. Skubinna

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 12, 1945 / Age: 22

Died in service as a POW in Japan

Alvin E. Moe photo 1945

Private Alvin E. Moe

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 16, 1945 / Age: 25

Died in service in Topeka, Kansas

Sidney E. Ambroson photo 1945

Staff Sergeant Sindey E. Ambroson

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 23, 1945 / Age: 26

Killed in action 23 Mar 45 in Luzon