State Heroes Total:
3942
Service Branch

World War II (WWII)

Reuben Schatz photo 1944

Private First Class Reuben Schatz

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:First Infantry Division

Date of Loss: June 06, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Robert V. Murphy photo 1944

Technician Fifth Grade Robert V. Murphy

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Killed in action in Germany

Arnold P. Kjelden photo 1944

Corporal Arnold P. Kjelden

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: February 12, 1944 / Age: 27

Killed in action in Italy

Willis W. Wacker photo 1944

Private First Class Willis W. Wacker

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Armed Division

Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action in France

Kenneth L. Wolf photo 1944

Second Lieutenant Kenneth L. Wolf

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 21, 1944 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Germany

Norman K. Mahlum photo 1944

Private Norman K. Mahlum

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 03, 1944 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Holland

William L. Braun photo 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.

Duane F. Boyer photo 1944

Private First Class Duane F. Boyer

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Armed Division

Date of Loss: October 06, 1944 / Age: 25

Killed in action in Aachen, Städteregion Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Harold V. Shogren photo 1944

Technical Sergeant Harold V. Shogren

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: June 17, 1944 / Age: 28

Killed in action in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

John D. Milks photo 1944

Private John D. Milks

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: December 06, 1944 / Age: 19

Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands

Gustave Hager photo 1944

Technician Fifth Grade Gustave Hager

Minot, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:776th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Date of Loss: February 12, 1944 / Age: 34

Killed in action near Italy.

Lawrence Rysavy photo 1944

Private First Class Lawrence Rysavy

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: August 11, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Rudolph L.  Jenson photo 1944

First Lieutenant Rudolph L. Jenson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-17G #42-31695

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:369th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: February 22, 1944 / Age: 26

B-17G #42-31695 took off, with a crew of 10, from Station 111 Thurleigh, England on a bombing mission over Bernburg, Germany.

James A. Diemert photo 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.

Leo W. Manske photo 1944

Corporal Leo W. Manske

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Marine Division

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

Killed in action in Saipan