State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Technician Fifth Grade Ewaldt F. Hasenwinkel
Elysian Township, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department
Date of Loss: July 24, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Technician Fourth Grade William F. Menke
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: October 19, 1944 / Age: 31
Died in service in Springfield, Missouri
1944
Sergeant Jack Ell
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 04, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action near France.
1944
Sergeant Gerhard S. Omoth
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 13, 1944 / Age: 35
Killed in action near France.
1944
Sergeant William L. Braun
Sterling, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: October 01, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Holland.
1944
Technical Sergeant Herbert Fried
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:338th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: April 11, 1944 / Age: 29
Killed in action in a plane that crashed in the Baltic Sea, about 55 miles E of Sassnitz. The cause of the crash was enemy aircraft.
1944
Second Lieutenant Marvin E. Nurnberger
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 23, 1944 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Italy
1944
Private First Class James A. Knutson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Sixth Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
Date of Loss: December 02, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Private John Haid
Wood Township, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Second Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 18, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action near Belgium
1944
Private First Class Vernon A. Salzwedel
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:31st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 06, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1944
Sergeant Sigval M. Carlson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 25, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Cecina, Italy
1944
Second Lieutenant Roy W. Shoenhut
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 13, 1944 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Private First Class James A. Diemert
Eckelson Township, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:82nd Airborne Division
Date of Loss: December 21, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action near Belgium.
1944
First Lieutenant Harry W. Eck
Minot, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:327th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: September 13, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action aboard a B-17G Flying Fortress that crashed near Neustaedt-on-the-Werra, Germany.
1944
Staff Sergeant Robert V. Myers
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in the European Area
1944
Private First Class Michael J. Zelinski
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 14, 1944 / Age: 29
Died in service in North Africa