State Heroes

Machinist's Mate First Class Paul R. Rose

Van Hook, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: June 07, 1943 / Age:

Died while in MIA status. Killed when the USS Hammann (DD-412) was torpedoed while alongside the damaged USS Yorktown during the Battle of Midway. The destroyer was hit midship and sank in less than four minutes.

Storekeeper Second Class Clarence A. Dunn

Pembina, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: September 16, 1943 / Age: 22

Died while in MIA status.

Sergeant Howard Pollock

Casselton, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:342nd Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: April 17, 1943 / Age: 20

Died while in MIA status.

Seaman Second Class Elmer F. Berseth

Walcott, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: November 14, 1943 / Age: 36

Died while in MIA status.

Private Theodore Alleckson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:36th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: July 17, 1942 / Age:

Killed in action while flying aboard 41-9126. United States territory. Remains not recovered. 

Private First Class Leonard J. Oberg

Nash, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:First Armored Division

Date of Loss: December 02, 1942 / Age: 22

Died while in MIA status.

Seaman Second Class Wayne F. Fegley

Berthold, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: November 13, 1942 / Age: 23

Died while in MIA status. Stationed on the USS Monssen during the Battle of Guadalcanal, when the ship was sunk by a Japanese destroyer. Body was not recovered.

COX Marvin Lee Ramsden

Pleasant Lake, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Lexington

Date of Loss: May 08, 1942 / Age: 23

He was killed in action on 8 May 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea during World War II. He was credited with downing 26 Japanese aircraft that day before he was killed.

Machinist First Class Duane Larson Poissant

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Juneau

Date of Loss: November 13, 1942 / Age: 22

The USS Juneau participated in a number of naval engagements during the months-long Guadalcanal Campaign beginning in August 1942.

Sergeant Robert F. Lilley

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:68th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: December 06, 1942 / Age:

Died while in MIA status. Killed during a mission targeting the Abbeville-Drucat Airdome.

Seaman First Class Orlan R. Cool

Westhope, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: February 18, 1942 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Private Benjamin Lux

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: May 06, 1942 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

First Lieutenant Lyle A. Slocum

Ellendale, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:36th Bomber Squadron

Date of Loss: June 04, 1942 / Age:

Died while in MIA status. Was a B-17 crew member flying aboard 41-9084.

Seaman Second Class Wallace E. Green

Cartwright, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: June 28, 1942 / Age: 25

Died while on board the SS Tillie Lykes, an American steam merchant, when it was torpedoed by a German submarine about 100 miles south of the Dominican Republic. His body was lost at sea and was not recovered.

Private First Class James P. Shockman

LaMoure, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion

Date of Loss: May 06, 1942 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Ft. Hughes, Philippine Islands

Captain Joseph H. Nesbit

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:First Squadron

Date of Loss: November 24, 1942 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.