State Heroes

Private First Class Roland Kramer

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

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

Died in service in Saipan; Not confirmed however family has understood that his unit was landed on the wrong beach in Saipan and the Japanese wiped out the entire unit before they even got to the beach.

Private First Class Gustave B Lindemann

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: August 14, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near Belgium.

Private First Class Lennie Wilson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: September 17, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Private First Class Orval E. Anderson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 17, 1944 / Age: 23

 Killed in Action 17 Aug 44, France

Private First Class Samuel F. Linn

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: June 12, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Normandy, France

Technical Sergeant Chester B. Henderickson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age: 31

On Christmas Eve 1944, the Belgium troopship SS Leopoldville, left the pier at Southampton, England with over 2,000 American soldiers assigned to the 66th Infantry Division and crossed the English Channel to France.

Second Lieutenant James J. Ford

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:894th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Date of Loss: February 11, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near Italy.

Staff Sergeant Robert D. Smith

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division

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

Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands

Technician Fifth Grade Paul O. Thurn

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age: 32

Killed in action in France

Sergeant Harold P. Mooney

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: May 18, 1944 / Age: 28

Killed in action in Naples, Italy

Private First Class Solomon Kalil

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:5th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: November 08, 1944 / Age: 32

Killed in action in France

Private First Class Glenn W. Moors

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:41st Infantry Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Second Armored Division

Date of Loss: September 21, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near Belgium.

Technician Fifth Grade Lloyd V. Syverson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: September 25, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Belgium

Private Alfred Neuharth

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 14, 1944 / Age: 25

Died in service in Germany

Staff Sergeant Elphie E. Ledoux

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:104th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 06, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action in the Netherlands.

Private First Class Krist Wentz

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:31st Tank Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Seventh Armored Division

Date of Loss: October 30, 1944 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Belgium.