State Heroes

Staff Sergeant Miles O. Shelley

Carrington

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division

Date of Loss: April 01, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action in the Solomon Islands

Private First Class Vernon T. Starks

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: December 19, 1944 / Age: 22

Died in service in Leyte, Philippine Islands

Private First Class George Ravnaas

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: July 28, 1944 / Age: 20

Died in service in Guam

Private First Class Earl L. Boyer

St. Joseph, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:29th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: August 09, 1944 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Belgium

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

Private First Class Glen P. McGhan

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:66th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

Private First Class Donovan E. Walton

Minot

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 235

Date of Loss: July 12, 1944 / Age: 18

From Death Certificate:

Staff Sergeant Clifton O. Wade

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:429 AAF Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: August 05, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action when his plane was shot down over Naples, Italy. 

Second Lieutenant Robert A. Ulland

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 12, 1944 / Age: 26

Died in service in Waddington, England

Private First Class Robert H. Klose

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:30th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: August 07, 1944 / Age:

Brother to Staff Sergeant Kenneth A. Klose who died earlier on March 22, 1943 aboard a B25-H Aircraft.

Technician Fourth Grade Glenn E. Bergstresser

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:70th Tank Battalion

Date of Loss: June 06, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Utah Beach, Normandy, France

Private Harold W. Wolff

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: May 04, 1944 / Age: 20

Died in service in Indianapolis, Indiana

Private First Class Ervin Ostenrude

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: August 10, 1944 / Age: 29

Killed in action in France

Technical Sergeant Frederick H. Maiers

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

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

Date of Loss: November 09, 1944 / Age: 25

Killed in action in France

Private Waldemar J. Hagen

Hillsboro, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Third Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron

Date of Loss: August 25, 1944 / Age: 34

Killed in action near France.

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.