State Heroes

Private First Class Rudolph J. Hamann

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 31, 1943 / Age: 20

Killed in action near Italy.

Second Lieutenant John W. Powell

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 11, 1943 / Age: 21

Died in service in Romulus, Michigan

First Lieutenant George M. Reinholdt

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 09, 1943 / Age: 26

Killed when the bomber stalled and crashed while on a training flight, 3 miles north of Granbury in Hood County, Texas.

Second Lieutenant Douglas L. Mutchler

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:365th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: August 17, 1943 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Belgium

Private Sheldon J. Underdahl

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 22, 1943 / Age: 26

Lost at sea over the Atlantic Ocean aboard B-24D Liberator #41-23914 while on an anti-submarine patrol flight out of Langley Field, Virginia.

Private John P. Miller

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: May 21, 1943 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Attu Island

Technical Sergeant Albert C. Johnson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:9th AAF Bomber Squadron

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:10th Air Force

Date of Loss: December 01, 1943 / Age: 37

Johnson was the flight engineer on B-24J #42-73183, serving with the 10th Air Force. They were part of a formation of B-24s on a bombing mission to Insein, Burma, near Rangoon.

Private Raymond H. Johnson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 31, 1943 / Age: 22

Killed in action in North Africa

2nd Lieutenant Clarence L. Bonderud

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division

Date of Loss: January 14, 1943 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Major Charles H. Colwell

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:26th squadron

Date of Loss: June 02, 1943 / Age: 28

Killed in action when his plane crashed in Eastern Assam Province, India

Private First Class Fred Huss

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2640th Quartermaster Truck Battalion

Date of Loss: April 22, 1943 / Age:

Killed in action in North Africa.

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.

Second Lieutenant Cassius C. Brandenburg

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 401st Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: February 26, 1943 / Age: 28

The plane Lieutenant Brandenburg was on was last seen over the North Sea about 20 miles north of Norderney Island and no trace of the plane or 10 men on board was ever found. 

Below is the mission they were on:

First Lieutenant Robert D. McDougall

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:379th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: January 22, 1943 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Tunisia

First Sergeant Earl O. Carlson

World War I (WWI), World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company

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

Date of Loss: January 28, 1943 / Age: 47

Died in the Osaka Prison Camp

Captain Walter W. Webster

World War I (WWI), World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: March 16, 1943 / Age: 54

Died in service in Chester, Pennsylvania