State Heroes

Flight Officer Ronald E. Bartley

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:510th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: February 20, 1944 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Germany 

Private First Class Raymond E. Hayden

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:83rd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 07, 1944 / Age: 19

Killed in action near Belgium. Received Purple Heart and Bronze Star awards.

First Lieutenant Victor H. Schneider

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:29th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: August 02, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Private Clemens J. Meier

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Killed in action in North Burma

Second Lieutenant Norman O. Overholt

Upham, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:779th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: September 10, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Private Clarence Spotted Wolf

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: December 21, 1944 / Age: 32

Killed in action in Luxembourg, Germany

Corporal Leroy E. Kincaid

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 08, 1944 / Age: 19

Killed in action in France

Private Ernest E. Mellum

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:29th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: June 12, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Lieutenant Junior Grade Clarence V. Beckley

Bordulac, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Trout

Date of Loss: February 29, 1944 / Age: 25

Killed in action on the USS Trout in the Philippines Basin. Remains not recovered. 

Private First Class James E. Fox

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: August 01, 1944 / Age: 20

Killed in action in France

Private Stephen Olason

Hensel, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: December 14, 1944 / Age: 24

After training at various centers he was sent to Burma and placed in an airborne crew. While thus engaged he was killed in action Dec. 14, 1944. 

Corporal Earl K. Nore

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 21, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action in the North Sea

Captain Adolph L. Winther

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: August 30, 1944 / Age: 34

Killed in action in France

First Lieutenant Lester R. Maack

World War II (WWII)

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

Staff Sergeant Miles O. Shelley

Carrington

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division

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

Killed in action in the Solomon Islands

Private First Class Otto P. Cherny

Dickinson, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 03, 1944 / Age: 19

Killed in action while accompanying a night patrol in Angaur. They succeeded in placing several demolition charges in enemy territory before being discovered by the enemy. During the fight that followed, he was killed by enemy fire.