State Heroes Total:
3942
Service Branch
Sidney E. Ambroson photo 1945

Staff Sergeant Sindey E. Ambroson

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 23, 1945 / Age: 26

Killed in action 23 Mar 45 in Luzon

World War II (WWII)

Jack M. Collette photo 1945

Staff Sergeant Jack M. Collette

Oakwood Township, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:63rd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 26, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Vernon E. Lippert photo 1945

Private Vernon E. Lippert

Verona, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:75th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 24, 1945 / Age: 20

Killed in action near Belgium.

Orin D. Haugen photo 1945

Colonel Orin D. Haugen

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:11th Airborne Division

Date of Loss: February 22, 1945 / Age: 37

Colonel Haugen was in Parañaque when he was hit by a fragment from a 20mm anti-aircraft shell that the Japanese were firing at his troops.

John A. Bell photo 1945

First Lieutenant John A. Bell

Upham, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:614th Ordnance Maintenance Battalion

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

Killed in action in France.

Kenneth G.  Johnston photo 1945

Staff Sergeant Kenneth G. Johnston

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Killed in action on the Palau Islands

Charles M. Prine photo 1945

Private First Class Charles M. Prine

Sawyer, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 24, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Blazer W. Kramer photo 1945

Carrier Strike Group 2 Blazer W. Kramer

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: May 18, 1945 / Age: 23

Killed in action in the Asiatic Area

Lawrence G. Gerving photo 1945

Private Lawrence G. Gerving

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: June 20, 1945 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Okinawa

Robert B. Pfusch photo 1945

First Lieutenant Robert B. Pfusch

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: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.

Alfred C. Farr photo 1945

Staff Sergeant Alfred C. Farr

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: May 25, 1945 / Age: 30

SSgt Farr was a crew member on B-29, #42-94002, commanded by Capt. Cruger G Edgerton AC which was lost on a bombing raid over Tokyo, Japan on May 23, 1945. The plane was presumed lost over the target due to unknown circumstances.

Leon D. Gordon photo 1945

Private First Class Leon D. Gordon

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:5th Marine Division

Date of Loss: March 15, 1945 / Age: 30

Killed in action in Iwo Jima

Jack D. Arnold photo 1945

Corporal Jack D. Arnold

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 332nd Army Air Force Base Unit

Date of Loss: February 01, 1945 / Age: 20

He was on the crew of the B-26G Marauder #44-68072 when they crashed near Llanberis, Wales.

Leonard I. Langager photo 1945

Private First Class Leonard I. Langager

Mayville, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: C Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:First Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:84th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 13, 1945 / Age:

US Army Infantry

Killed in action by a sniper the last day of the war in the Netherlands.

 

Harley S. Hill photo 1945

Staff Sergeant Harley S. Hill

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: May 13, 1945 / Age: 25

Killed in action in Bancal, Mindanao