FALLEN
World War II

2nd Lieutenant Theodore R. Zech
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 16, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Germany

Aviation Radioman Curtis L. Wright Jr.
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Yorktown
Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Yap Island

Private First Class Orville R. Overby
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:9th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 11, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Germany

Private First Class Louis J. Mangold
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 22, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in New Guinea

Staff Sergeant Edward J. Birch
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-17 Flying Fortress
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:32nd Bomber Squadron B-17 FLYING FORTRESS
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:15th US Army Air Forces
Date of Loss: July 26, 1944 / Age: 19
Killed in action in a plane that crashed in Austria, the plane departed Italy

Staff Sergeant Rueben S. Tastad
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 12, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.

Private First Class Lloyd R. Miller
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 07, 1944 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands

Technical Sergeant Lloyd R. Simon
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 09, 1943 / Age: 30
Killed in action in the Bay of Canea, Crete.

Private Anton M. Mastrud
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 01, 1943 / Age: 33
Killed in action in the Southwest Pacific Area

Private Joseph A. Hassig
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 21, 1943 / Age: 34
Killed in action in Italy

1st Lt. John Ahlroth
Grand Forks, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 21, 1943 / Age: 25
Killed in action in North Africa.


Private First Class Harley L. McCloud
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 08, 1943 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Tunisia

Private Melvin O. Bonlie
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:40th Army Air Force Ferrying Squadron
Date of Loss: February 03, 1943 / Age: 22
Killed in action in the sinking of the USAT Dorchester by German U-223

Sergeant Phillip Lohnes
Fort Totten, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 30, 1943 / Age: 27
Killed in Action, Pacific Theater on 30 June 1943. Buried in Section 84, Grave 403 Jefferson National Barracks, St Louis Missouri.
Name included on page 895 of the Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II