FALLEN
World War II
1944
Staff Sergeant Arthur S. Knutson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 333 Field Artillary BN 38 Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 12, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in Action 12 May 1944, Italy.
Buried in Evanger Cemetery Norma North Dakota.
Name included on page 784 of Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II1941-1945.
1944
Private First Class William O. Lund
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 03, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in France
1944
Staff Sergeant Edward F. Buzalsky
Connor Township, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Armored Division
Date of Loss: September 07, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action near Belgium.
1944
Staff Sergeant John Gums
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-24J #44-40540
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:424th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: October 18, 1944 / Age: 22
B-24J #44-40540 took off, with a crew of 10, from Morotai, North Maluku Province, Indonesia on a bombing mission over Balikpapan island in Borneo.
1944
Storekeeper Third Class Herbert Bauer
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: November 12, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in San Pedro Bay, Philippine Islands
1944
Private First Class Gustav M. Platzkow
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 05, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in France
1944
Staff Sgt. Robert W. Arhart
Fargo, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 85th Bomber Squadron, 47th Bomber Group, Light
Date of Loss: June 29, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Belgium.
1944
Corp. Joe F. Hausler
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 02, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Electrician's Mate 3C Willaim F. Schoener
Mandan, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: October 11, 1944 / Age: 23
Died while doing maintenance on the ships engine and was electrocuted (Per statement of family 5/16/2019) - Buried at Sea. Survived by spouse Katharine.
1944
Sergeant Tellef C. Hoverson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 07, 1944 / Age: 31
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Private Raymond H. Sprecher
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: September 15, 1944 / Age: 20
Killed in action on Peleliu Island
1944
Staff Sergeant Darwin H. Raatz
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:30th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 02, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Capt. Donald R. Emerson
Pembina, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group
Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action while flying a P-51 during the Battle of the Bulge. He was heading back to his base after a mission when he encountered six enemy planes.
1944
Ensign Russell H. Kinzer
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: March 30, 1944 / Age: 21
Died in service in a plane crash. The plane Ensign Kinzer was flying collided with another plane during a training flight in Green Cove Springs, Florida.
1944
Private First Class Glenn A. Dilland
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:9th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 17, 1944 / Age: 36
Killed in action in France