State Heroes
World War II
1944
Capt. Frederick J. Gerlich
Dickinson, NDWorld 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.
1944
Pvt. Carl H. Franklin
Goodrich, NDWorld 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.
1944
Private First Class Clayton E. Verke
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 361st Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 91st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Italy
1944
Martin J. Anderson
World War II
Date of Loss: October 23, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action on October 23, 1944
1944
Tech. 4c Howard A. McBain
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 376th Infantry Regiment, 94th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 22, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Sergeant Leland I. Cunningham
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 21, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in France
1944
Corporal Earl K. Nore
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 21, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in the North Sea
1944
PFC Oswald P. Kjilbak
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 21, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action at Lyte, P.I.
1944
Private Francis J. York
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 19th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 20, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands
1944
Technician 4th Grade Toivo T. Tuomie
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 20, 1944 / Age: 31
Died in service in North Africa.
1944
Sgt. Warren E. Burnett
Elm Township, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 763rd Bomber Squadron, 460th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: October 20, 1944 / Age: 23
Died while in MIA status when his B-24J aircraft went missing over the Mediterranean Sea.
1944
Technician 4th Grade William F. Menke
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division
Date of Loss: October 19, 1944 / Age: 31
Died in service in Springfield, Missouri
1944
Ens. Merle H. Longnecker
New Rockford, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: October 19, 1944 / Age: 20
A Tragic Accident.
1944
Petty Officer 3rd Class Duane F. Brash
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: October 19, 1944 / Age: 24
Missing in action from approximately 1530, 19 October 1944.
1944
Private First Class Roy J. Kitagawa
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 100th Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 442nd Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: October 22, 1944 / Age: 23
Died in service in France