State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Second Lieutenant Ernest L. Gray
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 19, 1944 / Age: 27
Killed in action in France
1944
First Lieutenant Louise M. Wescom
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 09, 1944 / Age: 36
Died in service in Camp Livingston, Louisiana
1944
Private First Class August C. Siegfried
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 16, 1944 / Age: 31
Killed in action near France.
1944
Private Herman Hoffer
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 11, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in France
1944
Second Lieutenant Roland E. Peterson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:337th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: January 07, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in the Netherlands.
1944
Staff Sergeant Donald H. Peterson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 30, 1944 / Age: 35
Died in France on November 30, 1944, from wounds received in an attack on the Siegfried line in Germany. Peterson was a member of a rifle company which succeeded in capturing 14 pill boxes and cleared out several tank traps in the attack.
1944
Private First Class Rochus Miller
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 07, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Captain Donald A. Swenson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 24, 1944 / Age: 27
Died in service in Sorrento, Italy
1944
Private First Class Richard Landenberger
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:37th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 24, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1944
Private First Class Bernard E. Grua
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:27th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 12, 1944 / Age: 30
Killed in action in Saipan
1944
Baker 1st Class Kenton E. Kuebker
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: October 25, 1944 / Age: 25
On 24 October, U.S.S. Albert W. Grant joined TG 77.2 and sailed to engage a Japanese task force reported steaming northward from the Sulu Sea toward Surigao Strait.
1944
Corporal Eugene R. Bakkum
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 16, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in France
1944
Second Lieutenant Dale W. Witson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:324th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: August 16, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action when his plane was shot down over Deiderode, Germany.
1944
Staff Sergeant Norbert L. Olsen
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 01, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Cisterna, Italy
1944
Private First Class Arthur L. Horntvedt
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:30th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Belgium
1944
Private First Class Lloyd E. Burns
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:84th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 12, 1944 / Age: 24
Died in service in Germany