State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1943
Staff Sergeant Larus T. Snydal
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:527th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: June 11, 1943 / Age: 24
Died while in MIA status. Killed on a mission to Wilhelmshaven, flying aboard 42-3099.
1943
Aviation Cadet Douglas A. Thompson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: December 22, 1943 / Age: 21
Died in service in Pensacola, Florida
1943
Private Herman A. Wendt
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Third Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 10, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1943
Sergeant Godfrey Heinitz
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 05, 1943 / Age: 33
Killed in action in Italy
1943
Private First Class Jesse W. Petersen
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 05, 1943 / Age: 28
Killed in action in the Southwest Pacific Area
1943
Pilot Officer James B. Courtney
World War II (WWII)
Date of Loss: March 05, 1943 / Age: 23
On March 5, 1943, his Short Stirling I (#R9271) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off from RAF Ridgewell for a night air operation over Essen, Germany.
1943
Staff Sergeant Alfred C. Monson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:571st Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: September 16, 1943 / Age: 20
Shot down 16 September in B-17 #42-5903 'Ascend Charlie'. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
1943
Technician Fifth Grade Raymond Kahl
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Armored Division
Date of Loss: March 28, 1943 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Tunisia
1943
Sergeant Leopold E. Fecho
Upham, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Third Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 10, 1943 / Age: 26
Killed in action near Italy.
1943
Staff Sergeant Earl E. West
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:323rd Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: July 30, 1943 / Age: 32
He was shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #4229916 'Yankee Dandy.
1943
Second Lieutenant Thomas B. Oksendahl
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 15, 1943 / Age: 31
Died in service in Morgantown, North Carolina
1943
Second Lieutenant Walter J. Romine
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 26, 1943 / Age: 26
Died in service at Camp Ellis, Illinois
1943
Private Gottfried Merkel
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Third Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 11, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1943
Staff Sergeant Frank J. Vitek
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Third Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 10, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1943
Private Ramon L. Kelly
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 02, 1943 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Rendova, Southwest Pacific
1943
First Lieutenant Kenneth Saxhaug
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:18th Army Air Force Fighter Squadron
Date of Loss: March 02, 1943 / Age: 22
Airplane crash in the Aleutians.