State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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.