State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1945
Staff Sergeant Mike J. Haniuk
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: February 21, 1945 / Age: 26
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Staff Sergeant Kenneth R. Olson
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: February 21, 1945 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1945
Seaman Second Class Darwin P. Peterson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: February 21, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in action in the Asiatic Area
1945
Staff Sergeant Bernard L. Coordes
Bismarck, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 914th Field Artillery Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 89th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 20, 1945 / Age: 31
Killed in action near France.
1945
Private First Class John H. Hooker
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 201st Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: February 20, 1945 / Age: 35
Killed in action in Luxembourg, Belgium
1945
Private First Class Boyd C. Chamley
Greenfield Township, 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: February 20, 1945 / Age: 26
Died while in MIA status.
1945
Staff Sergeant Ernest M. Holzemer
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: February 20, 1945 / Age: 29
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Technician Fourth Grade Harold D. Ellingson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 302nd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 94th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 20, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
1945
Gunnery Sergeant Gust Spart
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: February 20, 1945 / Age: 50
Killed in action in Iwo Jima
1945
Staff Sergeant Edmund F. Mahowald
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: February 20, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Private First Class Stanley H. Keller
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 27th Marines Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 5th Marine Division
Date of Loss: February 19, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Iwo Jima
1945
Private First Class Robert J. De Vol
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Marines' Fourth Division
Date of Loss: February 19, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in Action in Iwo Jima
1945
Corporal Charles C. Clow Jr.
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 27th Marines Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 5th Marine Division
Date of Loss: February 19, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Iwo Jima
1945
First Lieutenant William M. MacDonald
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 253rd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 63rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 19, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in Germany. When the command post of his company had become surrounded by the enemy, Lt. MacDonald organized two squads from another unit and attacked their flank.
1945
Private First Class Clifford S. Speten
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 376th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 94th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 19, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Luxembourg.