State Heroes

1945

Private First Class Carl V. Person

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 473rd Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: April 14, 1945 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Italy

1945

Captain John Landdeck Jr.

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 14, 1945 / Age: 29

Killed in action in Cebu, Philippine Islands

1945

Private First Class Allen M. Sawyer

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Military Policy Headquarters

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 157th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 35th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 14, 1945 / Age: 38

Killed in action in Dolle, Germany

1945

Private First Class Charles J. Cicha

Conway, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 14th Infantry Battalion

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

Date of Loss: April 14, 1945 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Italy.

1945

Private First Class Leonard I. Langager

Mayville, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: C Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: First Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 333rd Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 84th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 13, 1945 / Age:

US Army Infantry

Killed in action by a sniper the last day of the war in the Netherlands.

 

1945

Private Vernon R. Seabrook

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 381st Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: April 13, 1945 / Age: 24

 A shell hit his whole company and they were buried there in one grave with their names on a large grave site memorial. They were in Okinawa when it happened.

1945

Seaman 2nd Class Raymond J. Murphy

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: April 12, 1945 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Okinawa

1945

Captain James K. Brewer

Colfax, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: "Combat Command ""B""

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

Date of Loss: April 12, 1945 / Age: 28

Killed in action in the Netherlands.

1945

Private Norman J. Skubinna

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 12, 1945 / Age: 22

Died in service as a POW in Japan

1945

Technician Fifth Grade Oswald J. Tande

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 12, 1945 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Germany

1945

Electrician's Mate Third Class John A. Barrow

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: April 12, 1945 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Okinawa

1945

Corporal Victor C. Petersen

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: USS Tennessee

Date of Loss: April 12, 1945 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Ryukyu Island

1945

Private Elmer E. Wolford

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 589th Field Artillery Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 106th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 12, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action near France.

1945

Technical Sergeant Paul E. Charbonneau

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 786th Bomber Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 466th Bomber Group

Date of Loss: April 11, 1945 / Age: 24

B-24H #41-29423 took off from Attlebridge, England on a bombing mission over Oschersleben, Germany. They were attacked by German fighter planes which damaged the #1 engine causing them to crash in Germany during the war. 

1945

2nd Lieutenant Gordon H. Lindvig

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division

Date of Loss: April 14, 1945 / Age: 25

Died in service in Cebu, Philippine Islands