State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Captain Norman E. Olson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:357th Fighter Squadron
Date of Loss: April 08, 1944 / Age: 29
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Private First Class Richard E. Haugen
Stevens, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 06, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1944
Technician Fifth Class Albert Schneider
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:743rd Tank Battalion
Date of Loss: November 19, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in the Netherlands.
1944
Technician Fourth Grade Dalton E. Howard
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:103rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 20, 1944 / Age: 35
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Private Francis J. York
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 20, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands
1944
Technician Fifth Grade Arthur J. Stahlecker
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 29, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Holland
1944
Private First Class Darrell G. Murphy
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: July 21, 1944 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Guam
1944
Ensign Russell H. Kinzer
World War II (WWII)
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
Technician Fifth Class Lloyd J.O. McLean
Niagara, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:957th Field Artillery Battalion
Date of Loss: July 25, 1944 / Age: 27
Killed in action near France.
1944
Private Louis B. Frederick
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:104th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 05, 1944 / Age: 34
Killed in action in Europe
1944
2nd Lieutenant Marvin Hjalmarson
Akra, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 06, 1944 / Age: 28
Reported KIA, Holland.
1944
1st Lieutenant Harold J. Larson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-24H #41-29543
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:706th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: April 27, 1944 / Age: 21
Died in service when the aircraft he was piloting struck the cliff top at Foreness Bay, near Cliftonville, Kent, England
1944
Private First Class Ernest A. Krause
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:95th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 10, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Private Leroy S. Upton
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Fourth Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 02, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Belgium.
1944
First Lieutenant Donald E. Winter
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 30, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Central Germany
1944
Staff Sergeant Erwin E. Sherman
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 04, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in France