State Heroes Total:
3932
Service Branch

World War II

Adam Wetch photo 1945

Private First Class Adam Wetch

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:61st Armored Infantry Battalion

Date of Loss: March 31, 1945 / Age: 19

Died in service in Germany

Joseph J. Oleskow photo 1945

2nd Lieutenant Joseph J. Oleskow

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: May 12, 1945 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Okinawa

Andrew F. Babinski photo 1945

Staff Sergeant Andrew F. Babinski

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:96th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 11, 1945 / Age: 29

Killed in action on Okinawa Island

George F. Schneider photo 1945

Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class George F. Schneider

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: July 31, 1945 / Age: 19

Died in service in Hawaii

John B. Darcy photo 1945

Private First Class John B. Darcy

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: February 23, 1945 / Age: 27

Killed in action in Luzon

Pius G. Kuntz photo 1945

2nd Lieutenant Pius G. Kuntz

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:392nd AAF Fighter Squadron

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

Date of Loss: March 26, 1945 / Age: 24

On 25 March 1945, flying a P-47D Thunderbolt fighter, Pius was on a dive bombing mission, the target was in Aschaffenburg. He was shot down near Dettingen Germany by enemy flak. The Kuntz family requested the body be returned to North Dakota.

Harold L. Olson photo 1945

Seaman 1st Class Harold L. Olson

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: April 06, 1945 / Age: 19

Died in service in Okinawa

Adrian L. Lucken photo 1945

Private First Class Adrian L. Lucken

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: June 18, 1945 / Age: 28

Killed in action in Okinawa

Donald G. McNeill photo 1945

Sergeant Donald G. McNeill

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 25, 1945 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Wesel, Germany

John H. Hooker photo 1945

Private First Class John H. Hooker

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: February 20, 1945 / Age: 35

Killed in action in Luxembourg, Belgium

John M. Spencer photo 1945

Private First Class John M. Spencer

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: February 24, 1945 / Age: 19

Killed in action in Germany

Gerald H. Moulton photo 1945

Private Gerald H. Moulton

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:61st Armored Infantry Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:10th Armored Division

Date of Loss: March 05, 1945 / Age: 23

Died in service in Luxemburg, Germany

Harold Roundy photo 1945

Private First Class Harold Roundy

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 13, 1945 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Germany

Gene S. Williams photo 1945

Staff Sergeant Gene S. Williams

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: May 17, 1945 / Age: 29

Killed in action in Okinawa

Wayne M. Lybeck photo 1945

1st Sergeant Wayne M. Lybeck

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: January 11, 1945 / Age: 25

Killed in action in Luxembourg, Germany