State Heroes
World War II
1942
2nd Lieutenant Kermit G. Sloulin
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 21, 1942 / Age: 30
Died in service in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Sergeant First Class Virgil A. Lane
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 21, 1942 / Age: 22
Virgil Lane was killed Nov. 21, 1942, on Guadalcanal while serving with the 164th North Dakota Infantry Regiment in World War II. The Hillsboro Lane-Osmon Veterans of Foreign Wars post is named in honor of Virgil's memory.
1942
Private Harold S. Zerface
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 21, 1942 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Private Richard H. Czapiewski
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 21, 1942 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Sergeant Llewellyn M. Hamery
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 21, 1942 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Staff Sergeant Robert J. Burckardt
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 21, 1942 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Private First Class Wenceslaus J. Novotny
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 21, 1942 / Age: 20
Killed in action in the South Pacific
1942
Private Mardel D. Vornholt
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 20, 1942 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Corporal Raymond J. O'Connell
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 20, 1942 / Age: 35
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Private First Class Erwin P. Wilson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 126th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: November 17, 1942 / Age: 20
Killed in action in New Guinea
1942
Lt. Cmdr. John E. Burke
Bismarck, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: November 15, 1942 / Age: 37
Killed in action near Guadalcanal.
1942
Coxswain Lawrence J. Lavey
Valley City, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: November 13, 1942 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1942
Seaman 2c Wayne F. Fegley
Berthold, NDWorld War II
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.
1942
Machinist First Class Duane Larson Poissant
World War II
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.
1942
Corporal Lewis D. Dibbert
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 21, 1942 / Age: 22
Killed in action on Guadalcanal, Soloman Islands