FALLEN
World War II
1944
Private First Class William O. Lund
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 03, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in France
1944
Staff Sergeant John Gums
World War II
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.
1944
Storekeeper Third Class Herbert Bauer
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: November 12, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in San Pedro Bay, Philippine Islands
1944
Private First Class Gustav M. Platzkow
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 05, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in France
1944
Sergeant Tellef C. Hoverson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 07, 1944 / Age: 31
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Private Raymond H. Sprecher
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: September 15, 1944 / Age: 20
Killed in action on Peleliu Island
1944
Staff Sergeant Darwin H. Raatz
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:30th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 02, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Germany
1944
Ensign Russell H. Kinzer
World War II
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
Private First Class Glenn A. Dilland
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:9th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 17, 1944 / Age: 36
Killed in action in France
1944
Private First Class Robert E. Rupert
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 25, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands
1944
1st Lieutenant Harold J. Larson
World War II
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 George W. McDonald
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 05, 1944 / Age: 27
Reported MIA in Italy. Remains not recovered.
1944
Private First Class Palmer R. Onsgard
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 16, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in France
1944
1st Lieutenant Lester R. Maack
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:96th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 05, 1944 / Age: 34
Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands
1944
Private Claud Jacobson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 11, 1944 / Age: 28
Killed in action in the Philippine Islands