State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Technical Sergeant William Schwab
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 02, 1944 / Age: 38
Killed in action in Cisternia De Roma, Italy
1944
Private First Class William H. Pettis
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:95th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 19, 1944 / Age: 29
Killed in action in France
1944
Private First Class John A. Fadness
Eastman Township, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:First Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 23, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in England.
1944
Private First Class William A. Davis
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 22, 1944 / Age: 27
Killed in action in New Guinea
1944
Private First Class Marvin A. Sorlie
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 22, 1944 / Age: 31
Killed in action in France
1944
Private First Class Alvin H. Tryhus
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 13, 1944 / Age: 37
Killed in action in Luxemburg, Germany
1944
First Sergeant Clarence H. Roterud
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 11, 1944 / Age: 25
Died in service in Germany
1944
Corporal Myron G. Nolin
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 10, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in New Guinea
1944
Staff Sergeant Arthur S. Knutson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:333 Field Artillery Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: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 Ernest La Forte
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 21, 1944 / Age: 39
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Corporal Otto M. Wahus
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Third Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 08, 1944 / Age: 27
Born  McKenzie County, ND March 16, 1917. Entered US Army in Ft. Snelling, MN May 20, 1942.  Served European African Middle Eastern Theater. Killed in Action near France. Buried in Plot F Row 17 Grave 22 Lorraine, France.
1944
Staff Sergeant John Gums
World War II (WWII)
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.
1943
Staff Sergeant Clarence O. Anderson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:364th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: November 15, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action on a formation practice flight in a B-17, in a midair collision over Chelveston.
1943
Staff Sergeant Carroll Abrahamson
De Lamere, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:97th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: October 21, 1943 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Italy.
1943
Staff Sergeant George E. Christensen
Sorenson Township, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:506th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: May 14, 1943 / Age: 19
Killed in action near Belgium
1944
Second Lieutenant Gilmore W. Harper
Cartwright, ND
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 16, 1944 / Age: