State Heroes Total:
40
Service Branch

World War II

Rex Aton photo 1945

Capt. Rex Aton

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 12th Medical Regiment, Philippine Scouts

Date of Loss: January 09, 1945 / Age:

Died while in POW status during WWII. Taiwan. Remains not recovered. 

 

Lewis R. Larson photo 1944

Pvt. Lewis R. Larson

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 30th Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:

Died while in POW status. Killed aboard a Japanese ship when it was hit by torpedoes in the South China Sea. 

Adam J. Klupp photo 1944

Electrician's Mate 2c Adam J. Klupp

Regent, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 26

Died while in a POW camp.

Arnold Postovit photo 1944

Sergeant Arnold Edwin Postovit

Tioga, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G

Date of Loss: February 01, 1944 / Age:

He was captured by the German Army in Anzio, Italy in February 1944. He was imprisoned at Stalag 2B in Germany, although he spent much of his time working at a local farm.

Benjamin E. Jones, Jr. photo 1944

2nd Lt. Benjamin E. Jones, Jr.

Bismarck, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 38th Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division

Date of Loss: December 04, 1944 / Age: 25

Died during surgery to amputate his leg which was severely wounded due to a fire fight with a machine gun nest.

Theodore Albert Vasicek photo 1944

Cpl. Theodore Albert Vasicek

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Tr A 4th Calvary Recon Sq

Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age:

Captured by German Forces while on Combat Patrol 27 July 1944.

Wounded In Action France 27 July 1944.

Frederick J. Gerlich photo 1944

Capt. Frederick J. Gerlich

Dickinson, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 59th Coast Artillery Regiment

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 29

Died while in POW status after being assigned to the 59th Coast Artillery Regiment charged with harbor defenses of Manila and Subic Bays. The 59th Regiment manned the seacoast artillery on Corregidor Island.

Erasmo Garcia photo 1944

PFC Erasmo Garcia

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 27th Infantry Battalion, 9th Armored Division

Date of Loss: December 25, 1944 / Age: 31

Died while in POW status in Germany.

Carl H. Franklin photo 1944

Pvt. Carl H. Franklin

Goodrich, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 25

Died while in POW status on the Japanese ship "Arisan Maru", when it was sunk by an American submarine in the South China Sea. There were 1,803 POWs on the ship, only 9 of which survived the sinking.

George S. Schroedl photo 1944

Corporal George S. Schroedl

Leonard, ND

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 93rd Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 27

Died in POW status in Bataan.

Maurice H. Bonemeyer photo 1944

Cpl. Maurice H. Bonemeyer

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 99th Infantry

Date of Loss: December 17, 1944 / Age: 19

During Battle of the Bulge December 17, 1944 captured by German Forces.

Adam Jack Klupp photo 1944

EM2 Adam Jack Klupp

Regent, ND

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:

Died when Arisan Maru, transporting Allied Prisoners of War from the Philippines to Japan, was sunk by USS Shark (SS-314)

John Raymond Kelner photo 1944

Pvt.1st Class John Raymond Kelner

Park River, ND

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:

Died while in Prisoner of War status.

Clyde Roy Huddleson photo 1944

Cpt. Clyde Roy Huddleson

Mandan, ND

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: December 31, 1944 / Age:

Died while in Prisoner of War status.

Melvin Eugene Bender photo 1943

Pvt.1st Class Melvin Eugene Bender

Streeter, ND

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: March 06, 1943 / Age:

Died while in Prisoner of War status on Dec 17, 1943.