State Heroes Total:
3938
Service Branch

World War II

Arnold E. Freelander photo 1944

Corporal Arnold E. Freelander

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: December 11, 1944 / Age: 27

Killed in action in France

Ervin R. Orvis photo 1944

Private First Class Ervin R. Orvis

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: July 24, 1944 / Age: 18

Killed in action in St Lo, France

Leon H. Brillon photo 1944

PFC Leon H. Brillon

Walhalla, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 317th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: September 13, 1944 / Age: 31

Killed in action in France.

Leroy S. Upton photo 1944

Pvt. Leroy S. Upton

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 02, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near Belgium.

Bernard H. Halaas photo 1944

Staff Sergeant Bernard H. Halaas

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 25, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands

Ray W. Shively photo 1944

2nd Lieutenant Ray W. Shively

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:434th Armored Field Artillery Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Armored Division

Date of Loss: December 22, 1944 / Age: 30

Killed in action in Belgium

Luther E. Halden photo 1944

Private First Class Luther E. Halden

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 03, 1944 / Age: 30

Killed in action in France

Vernon O. Berg photo 1944

Private First Class Vernon O. Berg

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:27th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 07, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

Leonard A. Powell photo 1944

Staff Sergeant Leonard A. Powell

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 06, 1944 / Age: 27

Killed in action in Normandy, France

Obert L. Halseth photo 1944

PFC Obert L. Halseth

Grand Forks, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 56th Signal Air Warning Battalion

Date of Loss: June 15, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in England. Died of wounds suffered in the invasion of France.

William E. Lawrence photo 1944

Private First Class William E. Lawrence

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Marine Division

Date of Loss: September 15, 1944 / Age: 19

Killed in action in Peleliu, Palau Islands

Theodore R. Zech photo 1944

2nd Lieutenant Theodore R. Zech

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 16, 1944 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Germany

Curtis L. Wright Jr. photo 1944

Aviation Radioman Curtis L. Wright Jr.

World War II

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

Orville R. Overby photo 1944

Private First Class Orville R. Overby

World War II

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

Branch of Service: Army

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

Killed in action in New Guinea