FALLEN
World War II
1943
Staff Sergeant Earl E. West
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:323rd Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: July 30, 1943 / Age: 32
He was shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #4229916 'Yankee Dandy.
1943
2nd Lieutenant Thomas B. Oksendahl
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 15, 1943 / Age: 31
Died in service in Morgantown, North Carolina
1943
2nd Lieutenant Walter J. Romine
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 26, 1943 / Age: 26
Died in service at Camp Ellis, Illinois
1943
Ship's Cook 3c Jalmer Edwin Weitala
Guelph, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: December 26, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1943
Private First Class Leonard A. Willnow
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:50th Engineer Combat Battalion
Date of Loss: May 29, 1943 / Age: 30
Died in service in Attu Island, Alaska
1943
1st Lieutenant Kenneth Saxhaug
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:18th Army Air Force Fighter Squadron
Date of Loss: March 02, 1943 / Age: 22
Airplane crash in the Aleutians.
1943
Chief Water Tender Wesley E. Melander
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: May 06, 1943 / Age: 39
Died in service in Long Beach, California
1943
Pvt. William W. Palensky
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 6th Infantry, 1st Armored Division
Date of Loss: April 24, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action in North Africa.
1943
Technician 4th Grade Joseph "Joe" A. Krawczyk
Fried, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: January 13, 1943 / Age:
He went missing when he and 16 other individuals (+6 crew) boarded a C-47 on Guadalcanal for casualty evacuation to Efate Island, New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) which vanished in route. Died while in MIA status.
1943
Ensign Thomas Potter
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: February 09, 1943 / Age: 25
Died in service in New York, New York.
1943
Private Benjamin Kleinsasser
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 41st Field Artillery Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 05, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1943
PFC Norman Togstad
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 776th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: November 29, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1943
Private Harry R. Sieben
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: May 29, 1943 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Attu, Alaska
1943
Technical Sergeant Edward R. Beringer
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: August 15, 1943 / Age: 26
Killed in action in New Guinea
1943