State Heroes

Staff Sergeant Loris M. Espeseth

Eldorado, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:418th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: November 20, 1944 / Age: 20

Killed in action in England.

Private First Class George Ravnaas

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: July 28, 1944 / Age: 20

Died in service in Guam

Staff Sergeant Clyde W. Parke

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: June 12, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Caen, France.

Corporal Arnold P. Kjelden

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: February 12, 1944 / Age: 27

Killed in action in Italy

Private First Class Anthony J. Deschamp

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:81st Calvary Recon Squadron

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:81st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: May 24, 1944 / Age: 35

Killed in action in Italy

Staff Sergeant Clifton O. Wade

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:429 AAF Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: August 05, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action when his plane was shot down over Naples, Italy. 

Private First Class Sam A. Metzner

Fort Rice, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: June 09, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Second Lieutenant Robert A. Ulland

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 12, 1944 / Age: 26

Died in service in Waddington, England

Private Harold W. Wolff

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: May 04, 1944 / Age: 20

Died in service in Indianapolis, Indiana

Private First Class Ervin Ostenrude

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: August 10, 1944 / Age: 29

Killed in action in France

Technical Sergeant Frederick H. Maiers

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

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

Date of Loss: November 09, 1944 / Age: 25

Killed in action in France

Private First Class Jack C. Beckwith

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:99th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 16, 1944 / Age: 20

On December 15, 1944, he was with members of Company C on Hill 627 in the woods near Wahlerscheid, Germany, when the men came under attack from multiple German artillery barrages.

First Lieutenant Rudolph L. Jenson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-17G #42-31695

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:369th Bomber Squadron

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

B-17G #42-31695 took off, with a crew of 10, from Station 111 Thurleigh, England on a bombing mission over Bernburg, Germany.

Private First Class Jeroy Christianson

Steele, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:30th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 09, 1944 / Age: 27

Killed in action near France.

First Lieutenant John Barnett

Granville, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:343rd Fighter Squadron

Date of Loss: January 05, 1944 / Age: 25

Killed over Germany.

Private First Class Harold E. Carnahan

Howell Township, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: June 15, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action near France.