State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Private First Class Melvin H. Schuster
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:103th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 13, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action near France.
1944
Sergeant Wallace R. Evenson
Fertile, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 14, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Private Robert E. Robinson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:84th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 01, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Private First Class Alger H. Burman
Mandan, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:96th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 26, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near the Philippines.
1944
Private Ephraim Meyer
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Second Armored Division
Date of Loss: October 12, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Belgium.
1944
Staff Sergeant Victor C. Anderson
Edmore, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:35th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 19, 1944 / Age: 30
Killed in action in France.
1944
Staff Sergeant August M. Kubis
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 03, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Private First Class Victor D. Schmiess
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 14, 1944 / Age: 28
Killed in action in France
1944
Private Donald B. Vollrath
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 6657th Signal Company
Date of Loss: March 24, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in North Africa.
1944
Second Lieutenant William J. McIlonie Jr.
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:407th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: September 11, 1944 / Age: 24
He was on the crew of the B-17G #42-102426 "Kidley Divey" during a mission to the oil refineries at Labejum, Germany when they were attacked by groups of enemy fighters. They crashed near Eisleben, Germany.
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
Private First Class Harry A. Bresnahan
Wahpeton, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Second Armored Division
Date of Loss: August 19, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in France.