State Heroes Total:
3935
Service Branch

World War II

Ernest E. Mellum photo 1944

Pvt. Ernest E. Mellum

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: June 12, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Harold J. Larson photo 1944

1st Lieutenant Harold J. Larson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-24H #41-29543

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:706th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: April 27, 1944 / Age: 21

Died in service when the aircraft he was piloting struck the cliff top at Foreness Bay, near Cliftonville, Kent, England

George McDonald photo 1944

Private George W. McDonald

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: June 05, 1944 / Age: 27

Reported MIA in Italy.  Remains not recovered.

Palmer R. Onsgard photo 1944

Private First Class Palmer R. Onsgard

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: June 16, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action in France

Lester R. Maack photo 1944

1st Lieutenant Lester R. Maack

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:96th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 05, 1944 / Age: 34

Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands

Claud  Jacobson photo 1944

Private Claud Jacobson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: December 11, 1944 / Age: 28

Killed in action in the Philippine Islands

Bernard J. Carey photo 1944

Private First Class Bernard J. Carey

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: July 21, 1944 / Age: 19

Killed in action in Guam, Marianas Islands

Walter J. Staskivige photo 1944

Private Walter J. Staskivige

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 29, 1944 / Age: 18

Died in service in Manvel, North Dakota

Leonard C. Red Tomahawk photo 1944

Private First Class Leonard C. Red Tomahawk

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 15, 1944 / Age: 20

Killed in action in the Philippine Islands

Everett Murray photo 1944

Sergeant Everett L. Murray

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: May 23, 1944 / Age: 32

Killed in action in Italy

Mark A. Ehlis photo 1944

PFC Mark A. Ehlis

Mandan, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: August 01, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in France.

Gerhard S. Omoth photo 1944

Sgt. Gerhard S. Omoth

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 13, 1944 / Age: 35

Killed in action near France.

Henry R. Kjems photo 1944

Sergeant Henry R. Kjems

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 24, 1944 / Age: 29

Died in service in France

Lyle J. Doerr photo 1944

1st Lieutenant Lyle J. Doerr

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-17 42-102610 "Boomerang"

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:602nd Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: December 30, 1944 / Age: 21

Killed in action in the European Theater

John C. Ulmer photo 1944

Chief Pharmacist Mate John C. Ulmer

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: December 13, 1944 / Age: 36

Chief Pharmacist's Mate John Cassady Ulmer, United States Navy, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his death while still in captivity.