State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Private First Class Randolph E. Oswald
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:17th Tank Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Seventh Armored Division
Date of Loss: October 29, 1944 / Age: 24
Died in MIA status. Killed near Holland during the Battle of the Canals.
1944
Staff Sergeant Robert V. Myers
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in the European Area
1944
Private Raymond L. Wahl
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 23, 1944 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Italy
1944
Private First Class William E. Lawrence
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:First Marine Division
Date of Loss: September 15, 1944 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Peleliu, Palau Islands
1944
Private First Class Odin H. Tufto
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:85th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 12, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Private First Class Luther E. Halden
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 03, 1944 / Age: 30
Killed in action in France
1944
Private Gilbert T. Owens
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:233rd Engineer Combat Battalion
Date of Loss: December 06, 1944 / Age: 31
Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands
1944
Private First Class Vernon O. Berg
World War II (WWII)
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
Private First Class Obert L. Halseth
Grand Forks, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron 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 Harlan O. Sauer
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:First Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 20, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Belgium.
1944
Private Abner J. Olson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:81st Replacement Battalion
Date of Loss: May 30, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near England.
1944
Second Lieutenant Theodore R. Zech
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 16, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Technician Fifth Grade Benjamin Verworn
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:755th Field Artillery Battalion
Date of Loss: September 13, 1944 / Age: 21
Died in service in Travistock, England
1944
Private First Class Robert C. Sandland
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 23, 1944 / Age: 30
Killed in action in Italy
1944
Staff Sergeant Edward J. Birch
World War II (WWII)
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