State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Second Lieutenant Bryce A. Ralston
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:395th Fighter Squadron
Date of Loss: December 23, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in Germany. Shot down by fighter near Kruft.
1944
Private First Class Raymond R. Schauer
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:28th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: September 07, 1944 / Age: 25
He was a POW on the Shinyo Maru.
1944
Colonel Donald C. McDonald
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 25, 1944 / Age: 63
Died in service in Washington, D.C.
1944
Private Robert Smith
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 26, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Bougaunville.
1944
Second Lieutenant Arthur J. Blackwood
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Third Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 15, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in France.
1944
Private Elmer E. Faul
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 31, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Italy
1944
Private Bernard Krueger
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 04, 1944 / Age: 32
Died in service in Europe
1944
Private First Class Arthur Adolphy
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:95th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 18, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in France.
1944
Staff Sergeant Milton L. Graalum
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:567th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: February 24, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action when his plane crashed in Massbach, Germany. Their plane was on a mission to Gotha, Germany
1944
Private Floyd C. Lively
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:79th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 06, 1944 / Age: 35
Killed in action in France
1944
Sergeant Arnold P. Schmitt
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 07, 1944 / Age: 36
Died in service of a hemorrhage at Brooke Army Hospital, San Antonio, Texas.
1944
Ensign Kenneth C. McKay
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: April 28, 1944 / Age: 22
Died in service in Rockland, Maine
1944
Staff Sergeant Roy A. Torkelson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 23, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action in England
1944
Private John Kavaney
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 03, 1944 / Age: 29
Killed in action in Normandy, France
1944
Technician Fifth Grade Clifford R. Swanson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 13, 1944 / Age: 19
Died in service in Lorraine, France
1944
Second Lieutenant Eugene K. Wicks
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 28, 1944 / Age: 21
Died in service in Fresno, California