State Heroes

Private First Class Duane M. Brown

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Marine Division, FMF

Date of Loss: November 20, 1943 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati

Sergeant Philip J. Schneider

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:First Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:34th Division

Date of Loss: October 21, 1943 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Italy

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.

Private First Class Delmar R. Fortin

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 23, 1943 / Age: 32

Killed in action in Italy

Private Arthur O. Sundby

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: December 23, 1943 / Age: 31

Died in service in the Aleutian Islands

Staff Sergeant Leonard L. Rosenberg

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:16th Reconnaissance Squadron

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:12th Air Force

Date of Loss: December 06, 1943 / Age: 20

He was a gunner on B-17E #41-9016 flying out of Foch Field Tunisia on an electronic recon mission off the coast of southern France.

Corporal Ervin R. Wiest

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 22, 1943 / Age: 23

Died in service in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Staff Sergeant Charles L. Scouten

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 08, 1943 / Age: 25

Died in service in Denver, Colorado

Technical Sergeant William J. Mears

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: May 14, 1943 / Age: 28

Killed in action in Kiel, Germany

Technical Sergeant Charles I. Moyer

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 26, 1943 / Age: 23

Died in service in Christmas, Florida 

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.

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.

Sergeant Robert F. Wilson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Marine Division

Date of Loss: January 23, 1943 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.

Private Gottlieb Breitmeyer

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:29th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: September 30, 1943 / Age:

Killed in action in England.

Private Arthur L. McKee

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 181st Fire Support Ship

Date of Loss: August 26, 1943 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Private Mentz Larson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:34th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 30, 1943 / Age: 30

died in battle in Tunisia, Africa USA Military records list him Killed in action 17 miles N. E. of Beja, Tunisia