State Heroes Total:
3943
Service Branch

World War II (WWII)

Edward A. Shirley photo 1944

Sergeant Edward A. Shirley

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:322nd Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: June 21, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Henry Franklin Brown photo 1944

Private First Class Henry F. Brown

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: OPN Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:132 Signal

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

Killed in action New Guinea

Hjalmer M. Davidson photo 1944

Aviation Machinist's Mate Petty Officer Second Class Hjalmer M. Davidson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: November 25, 1944 / Age: 27

Killed in action in Saipan

Joseph M. Laviolette photo 1944

Private Joseph M. Laviolette

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:101st Airborne Division

Date of Loss: December 22, 1944 / Age: 21

Died in service in Bastogne, Belgium

Curtis L. Wright Jr. photo 1944

Aviation Radioman Curtis L. Wright Jr.

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Yorktown

Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Yap Island

Theodore Robert Buck photo 1944

Private Theodore Buck

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: H Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:33rd Armored Regiment

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

Date of Loss: August 11, 1944 / Age: 24

Orville R. Overby photo 1944

Private First Class Orville R. Overby

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:9th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 11, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Germany

Louis J. Mangold photo 1944

Private First Class Louis J. Mangold

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 22, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action in New Guinea

Leo D. Ballegeer photo 1944

Technical Sergeant Leo D. Ballegeer

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:28th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 19, 1944 / Age: 25

Killed in action during the Battle of the Bulge, Belgium

Rueben S. Tastad photo 1944

Staff Sergeant Rueben S. Tastad

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 12, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.

Lloyd R. Miller photo 1944

Private First Class Lloyd R. Miller

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 07, 1944 / Age: 27

Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands

David A. Hedland photo 1944

Private First Class David A. Hedland

Englevale, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:30th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 20, 1944 / Age: 34

David Arnold Hedland entered the US Army at Ft. MacArthur Los Angeles, California on 12 January 1944.

Donald Hosie photo 1944

Private Donald Hosie

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: September 24, 1944 / Age: 19

Killed in action in Holland

Alvin E. Stocking photo 1944

Second Lieutenant Alvin E. Stocking

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:36th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 02, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in France

Arthur F. Nappen photo 1944

Seaman First Class Arthur F. Nappen

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: January 12, 1944 / Age: 21

Died in service in Stirling Island

Oswald P. Kjilbak photo 1944

Private First Class Oswald P. Kjilbak

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 21, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action at Lyte, P.I.