State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Gunnery Sergeant Edwin Kienzle
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: July 21, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Guam
1944
Corporal Lewis F. Ruffcorn
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 30, 1944 / Age: 29
Died in service in Topeka, Kansas
1944
Private First Class Lenhart P. O'Brien
Cathay
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 16th Postal Regulation Section
Date of Loss: April 22, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near England.
1944
Private First Class Bennie G. Nordgaard
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 09, 1944 / Age: 32
Killed in action in France
1944
Private First Class Thomas A. Langved
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: April 16, 1944 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Bougainville
1944
Private First Class Curtis G. Hagen
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 07, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Anzio, Italy
1944
Private Alexander Materi
Strasburg, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:29th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 01, 1944 / Age: 20
Killed in action near France.
1944
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.
1944
Technician Fourth Grade William F. Menke
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: October 19, 1944 / Age: 31
Died in service in Springfield, Missouri
1944
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.
1944
Private First Class Robert Alexander
Tolley, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:105th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:27th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 07, 1944 / Age:
He was killed in action during the Battle of Saipan as his unit defended against a Japanese attack in the area of Tanapag. PFC Alexander's remains were not recovered or identified following his loss.
1944
Technical Sergeant Herbert Fried
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:338th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: April 11, 1944 / Age: 29
Killed in action in a plane that crashed in the Baltic Sea, about 55 miles E of Sassnitz. The cause of the crash was enemy aircraft.
1944
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.
1944
Second Lieutenant Marvin E. Nurnberger
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 23, 1944 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Italy
1944
Private First Class Sam Ziegler
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:747th Tank Battalion
Date of Loss: September 02, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Private Aloysius Decoteau
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Fifth Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 09, 1944 / Age: 28
Killed in action near France.