State Heroes

Staff Sergeant Bernard H. Halaas

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 383rd Infantry Regiment

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

Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands

Seaman First Class Reynold M. Bergman

Ransom, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

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

Date of Loss: October 25, 1944 / Age: 20

Died while in MIA status.

Corporal George S. Schroedl

Leonard, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 93rd Bomber Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 19th Bomber Group, Heavy

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

Died in POW status in Bataan.

Electrician's Mate Second Class Adam J. Klupp

Regent, ND

World War II (WWII)

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.

Private First 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.

Commander Egbert A. Roth

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Second Lieutenant Lorne M. Campbell

Casselton, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Quartermaster Corps

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

Died while in MIA status. Body was not recovered.

Gunner's Mate Third Class Jerome A. Zespy

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

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

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status off of Leyte, when a ship exploded near a cruiser on which he was stationed.

Gunner's Mate Second Class Fritz A. Wollerman

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 23

Died while in MIA status - buried at sea.

Coxswain Alvin L. Schultz

Bottineau, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

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

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 28

Died while in MIA status. Killed aboard the USS Birmingham.

Seaman First Class Mike T. Burckhard

Grand Forks, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

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

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:

Killed in action off of Leyte when a ship exploded near the cruiser he was stationed on. Buried at sea.

Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Eddy W. Fuller

Minot, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Captain Frederick J. Gerlich

Dickinson, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 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.

Private Carl H. Franklin

Goodrich, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron 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.

Seaman Second Class John R. Williams, Jr.

Mandan, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

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

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status - buried at sea.

Private Beryle H. Kjorvestad

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 383rd Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 96th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 22

Died in service in Leyte, Philippine Islands