State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Private First Class Rochus Miller
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 357th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 07, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Private First Class Leonard M. Smestad
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 07, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in France
1944
Private First Class Eugene O. Hanson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 357th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 07, 1944 / Age: 30
Killed in action in France
1944
Private Wallace A. Ronning
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 06, 1944 / Age: 20
Died in service at Camp Campbell, Kentucky
1944
Staff Sergeant Leonard A. Powell
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 359th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 06, 1944 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Normandy, France
1944
Private Floyd C. Lively
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 314th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 79th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 06, 1944 / Age: 35
Killed in action in France
1944
Private Harold B. Stair
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 331st Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 83rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 06, 1944 / Age: 21
Killed in action in France
1944
Staff Sergeant John G. Kowalski
Park River, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 422nd Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 305th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: July 05, 1944 / Age: 25
Died while in MIA status.
1944
Sergeant Jay A. Pilgrim
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 357th Infantry Regiment,
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 05, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action near France.
1944
Sergeant Ernest L. Monson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 401st Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: July 05, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in France.
1944
Private Peter L. Braun
Mandan, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 357th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 05, 1944 / Age: 37
Peter Louie Braun was born on October 31, 1906, in Glen Ullin, Morton County, North Dakota to Joseph P Braun and Eugina Schacher Braun. He entered the United States Army on March 19, 1942.
1944
Private First Class Gustav M. Platzkow
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 357th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 05, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in France
1944
Private Dale H. Ellingson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 776th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: July 05, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Sergeant Jack Ell
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 358th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 04, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action near France.
1944
Private First Class Proctor Ames
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 358th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 04, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in France.
1944
Sergeant Jack Ell
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 358th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 20th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 04, 1944 / Age: 27
Killed in action in France