State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Sergeant Kenneth McLaughlin
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 18, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Private First Class Matthew American Horse
Cannonball, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 26, 1944 / Age: 21
1944
Private Leonard A. Larson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:26th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 21, 1944 / Age: 20
Killed in action in France
1944
Private First Class Wilbert M. Kramer
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:88th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 17, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Staff Sergeant Milton H. Underdahl
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:330th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: September 21, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Belgium.
1944
Private Willard O. Orth
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 04, 1944 / Age: 26
Died in service in France
1944
Private First Class Andrew D. Carlson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 04, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Oudler, Belgium
1944
Staff Sergeant Joseph Jacobson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:546th Bomb Squadron (Heavy)
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:8th Air Force
Date of Loss: March 09, 1944 / Age: 31
Staff Sergeant Joseph Jacobson was Killed in Action on 9 March 1944 while serving as Waist Gunner on B-17 aircraft #42-37781 (Silver Dollar) when the aircraft was struck by bombs dropped by another B-17 on a bombing mission to Berlin, Germany.
1944
Private Beryle H. Kjorvestad
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:96th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 22
Died in service in Leyte, Philippine Islands
1944
Technician Fourth Class William J. McCann
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Second Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 11, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Private Harold L. Frostad
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 21, 1944 / Age: 19
Killed in action in France
1944
Aviation Machinist's Mate Third Class Lloyd E. Wagendorf
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: November 25, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Gilbert Island
1944
Private Edmund Ulrich
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 06, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Italy
1943
First Lieutenant John Ahlroth
Grand Forks, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Third Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 21, 1943 / Age: 25
Killed in action in North Africa.
1943
Aviation Machinist's Mate First Class William Benbow
Fargo, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: December 07, 1943 / Age: 22
Killed in action. Buried at sea.
1943
Corporal Willard Christianson
Spencer Township, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 28, 1943 / Age: 29
Killed in action in Tunisia.