State Heroes
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
World War II (WWII)
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 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 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
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.
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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
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
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
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
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
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.