State Heroes Total:
3932
Service Branch
Steven Zakopayko photo 1942

PVT Steven Zakopayko

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 15, 1942 / Age:

Died at Guadal Canal, Solomon Islands

Jack W. Amsler photo 1942

Pvt. Jack W. Amsler

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 31st Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: January 19, 1942 / Age:

Killed in action at Abucay, Philippines, during the Battle of The Philippines. Remains not recovered. 

 

World War II

George E. Kudrna photo 1942

Private First Class George E. Kudrna

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 26, 1942 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Lloyd L. Whipple photo 1942

Private First Class Lloyd L. Whipple

World War II

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.

Charles E. Grytness photo 1942

2nd Lieutenant Charles E. Grytness

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: November 23, 1942 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Bernard E. Starkenberg photo 1942

Sergeant Bernard E. Starkenberg

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 14, 1942 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Owen M. Otteson photo 1942

Sgt. Owen M. Otteson

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 27th Materiel Squadron, 20th Air Base Group

Date of Loss: April 25, 1942 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Harold A. Hall photo 1942

Private Harold A. Hall

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 04, 1942 / Age: 28

Died in Cabanatuan POW camp of Malaria

Harold S. Zerface photo 1942

Private Harold S. Zerface

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division

Date of Loss: November 21, 1942 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Paul E. Runey photo 1942

Master Sgt. Paul E. Runey

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 28th Materiel Squadron, 20th Air Base Group

Date of Loss: October 05, 1942 / Age:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Eddie M. Nelson photo 1942

Private First Class Eddie M. Nelson

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: July 12, 1942 / Age: 20

Died in service at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Robert I. Cox photo 1942

Tech. 4c Robert I. Cox

Avon Township, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 194th Tank Battalion

Date of Loss: May 01, 1942 / Age: 24

Killed in action in the Bataan Death March.

Robert C. Lindner photo 1942

Private Robert C. Lindner

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: June 16, 1942 / Age: 25

Died in service in Vancouver, Washington

Dale W. Coppens photo 1942

Private First Class Dale W. Coppens

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: October 26, 1942 / Age: 26

Killed in action in the South Pacific

Alphie V. Tooke photo 1942

Private Alphie V. Tooke

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 04, 1942 / Age: 22

Died in service in Columbia, South Carolina