State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1942
Private Harold R. Van Hoof
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 27, 1942 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Hawaii
1942
Sergeant Robert J. Clark
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 26, 1942 / Age: 21
Died of wounds in the South Pacific Area
1942
Sergeant Vernal M. Skarison
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 28, 1942 / Age: 22
Vernal died in the "Line Of Duty" when a medium Army bomber flying out of Page Field crashed four miles west of Venus Florida.
1942
Private First Class Jacob J. Richter
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 18, 1942 / Age: 21
Died in service in Camp Callam, CA
1942
Private First Class John R. Weigel
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 22, 1942 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Corporal Raymond J. O'Connell
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 20, 1942 / Age: 35
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Second Lieutenant Maurice E. Thompson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 19, 1942 / Age: 25
Died in service in Heflin, Alabama
1942
Private First Class Earl C. Everson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 22, 1942 / Age: 31
Died in a POW Camp 4 O'Donnel Tarlac Luzon Philippines that was under Japanese control.
1942
Corporal Rollie A. Andrick
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion
Date of Loss: October 18, 1942 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Private Lester Crows Heart
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Date of Loss: November 08, 1942 / Age: 33
Killed in action in Africa
1942
Private First Class Raymond E. Moore
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 22, 1942 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Private First Class Lloyd L. Whipple
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 10, 1942 / Age: 24
Died in service in a POW camp in the Philippines after surviving the Bataan Death March.
1942
Private First Class Glen J. Miller
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Army Air Corps
Date of Loss: July 05, 1942 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1942
Private First Class Harold M. Poppen
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 23, 1942 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Private John A. Wojciak
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 09, 1942 / Age: 24
Died in service at Camp Wallace, Texas
1942
Private Steingrimur Steinolfson
Thinvalla Township, ND
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:32nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 06, 1942 / Age: 28
Killed-in-action in Papua, New Guinea