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1945

Second Lieutenant William O. Ward

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 361st Field Artillery

Date of Loss: April 19, 1945 / Age: 34

Killed in action in Okinawa

1945

Second Lieutenant Warren E. Randall

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 172nd Infantry

Date of Loss: April 18, 1945 / Age: 27

Killed in action in the Philippine Islands

1945

Technician Fourth Grade Oscar E. Schock

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 382nd Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 96th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 17, 1945 / Age: 23

Died in service in Okinawa

1945

Sergeant Andy I. Stamnes

Cooperstown, ND

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 17, 1945 / Age:

1945

Private First Class Richard Waslaski

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Infantry

Date of Loss: April 17, 1945 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Italy

1945

Private First Class Eugene A. De Bolt

Carrington, ND

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 16, 1945 / Age: 25

Killed in action in the Philippines.

1945

Private Everett N. Peterson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 305th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 77th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 16, 1945 / Age: 19

Killed in combat against the Japanese Army on the small Island of le Shima.

1945

PFC Clifford L. Larson

Bottineau, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 16, 1945 / Age: 25

Killed in action in Germany

1945

Captain Robert B. Holmes

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: P-51 44-63214

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 82nd Fighter Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 78th Fighter Group

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 8th Air Force

Date of Loss: April 16, 1945 / Age: 24

Killed in action when he was flying a mission to strafe enemy airfields in the present-day Czech Republic. After strafing two airfields heading towards the third, his plane was hit by flak, and he crashed and was killed near Prague

1945

Major Quintus B. Nelson

Grand Forks, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Marine Corps

Date of Loss: April 16, 1945 / Age:

Died while in MIA status. Lost over Palau.

1945

Captain William R. Weir

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 387th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 97th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 15, 1945 / Age: 33

He was killed after he had thrown a hand grenade into a German tank which was on the main road to the town of Nuttum ... A nearby German soldier shot the Captain as he turned away from the flaming tank.