FALLEN
World War II
1944
PFC Alvin Overby
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 320th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 13, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action in France.
1944
Staff Sergeant Duane E. MacKenzie
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 25, 1944 / Age: 19
Died in service in France
1944
Staff Sgt. Milton H. Underdahl
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 330th Bomber Squadron, 93rd Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: September 21, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Belgium.
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
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
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
1944
PFC Obert L. Halseth
Grand Forks, NDWorld 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.
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
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
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
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
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
1944
Staff Sergeant Edward J. Birch
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-17 Flying Fortress
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:32nd Bomber Squadron B-17 FLYING FORTRESS
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:15th US Army Air Forces
Date of Loss: July 26, 1944 / Age: 19
Killed in action in a plane that crashed in Austria, the plane departed Italy
1944
Staff Sergeant Rueben S. Tastad
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 12, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
1944
Private First Class Robert Alexander
Tolley, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:105th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:27th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 07, 1944 / Age:
He was killed in action during the Battle of Saipan as his unit defended against a Japanese attack in the area of Tanapag. PFC Alexander's remains were not recovered or identified following his loss.