FALLEN
World War II
1945
PFC Joseph C. Nush
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 60th Infantry Battalion, 9th Armored Division
Date of Loss: March 05, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Belgium.
1945
PFC Theodore O. Bjertness
Hatton, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 66th Infantry Regiment, 71st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 15, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in action in the Netherlands.
From American Battle Monuments Commission website
1945
2nd Lt. Ralph L. Kankovsky
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 11, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Corp. Harvey W. Johnson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 24, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1945
PFC Charles M. Prine
Sawyer, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 161st Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 24, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
PFC James E. Balerud
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 345th Infantry Regiment, 87th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 23, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in Belgium.
1945
1st Lt. Robert B. Pfusch
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division
Date of Loss: March 06, 1945 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Italy. Death caused by wounds received while serving as rifle platoon leader in the mountain group infantry.
1945
Private First Class James J. Kubat
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:257th Engineer Combat Battalion
Date of Loss: April 20, 1945 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Germany
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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