State Heroes Total:
3940
Service Branch

World War II

Aloysius Decoteau photo 1944

Pvt. Aloysius Decoteau

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: September 09, 1944 / Age: 28

Killed in action near France.

Albert E. Marple photo 1944

2nd Lt. Albert E. Marple

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 719th Bomber Squadron, 449th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: December 09, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action during a ferrying mission from Grottaglia, Italy to Pomigliano near Naples. Transporting personnel who had completed their tour of combat duty - lost in bad weather.

Elbert J. Bradrick photo 1944

2nd Lt. Elbert J. Bradrick

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 08, 1944 / Age: 20

Killed in Action in Germany

George E. Inkster photo 1944

Private George E. Inkster

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: June 09, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Saipan Marianas Island

Elwood M. Patterson photo 1944

Private First Class Elwood M. Patterson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:8th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 18, 1944 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Germany

Robert C. Sandland photo 1944

Private First Class Robert C. Sandland

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 23, 1944 / Age: 30

Killed in action in Italy

Melvin G. Beyer photo 1944

PFC Melvin G. Beyer

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 15, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action in France.

Walter R. Jungling photo 1944

Pvt. Walter R. Jungling

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 413rd Infantry Regiment, 104th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 04, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near Belgium.

Alvin R. Bohn photo 1944

Sergeant Alvin R. Bohn

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 07, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Leyte Islands, Philippines

Clarence A. Thompson photo 1944

Technician 4th Grade Clarence A. Thompson

Dover Township ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 01, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action in France

Carl R. Emery photo 1944

Private First Class Carl R. Emery

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: June 23, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in the English Channel

Allen L. Lindholm photo 1944

1st Lieutenant Allen L. Lindholm

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:99th Infantry Battalion

Date of Loss: August 26, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action in France

Wallace W. Bengson photo 1944

1st Lt. Wallace W. Bengson

Esmond, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 327th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: October 03, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action in the Netherlands while flying as a navigator on a B-17 of the 92nd Bomb Group. His aircraft collided with another and lost half of the right wing.

Robert H. Hegg photo 1944

Sergeant Robert H. Hegg

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: January 11, 1944 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Germany

Merland E. Moen photo 1944

2nd Lieutenant Merland E. Moen

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: May 15, 1944 / Age: 21

While participating in aerial combat maneuvers with three other aircraft out of the Hayward Army Airfield, was last seen to have peeled off and dive towards the Pacific, roughly between the Farallon Islands and Pescadero Point, California.