State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1942
Corporal Kenneth S. Foubert
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 4th Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division
Date of Loss: October 13, 1942 / Age: 20
He died in a Japanese bombing raid on Guadalcanal the day his regiment landed on the island.
1942
Private Orlin H. Gisvold
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 2nd Marines
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: October 08, 1942 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Tulagi, Solomon Islands
1942
Master Sergeant Paul E. Runey
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 28th Materiel Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 20th Air Base Group
Date of Loss: October 05, 1942 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1942
Private Robert O. Shellum
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: October 01, 1942 / Age: 25
Died in service in New Caledonia
1942
Private Harold R. Van Hoof
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 161st Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 27, 1942 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Hawaii
1942
Corporal Benjamin F. Winter
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 25, 1942 / Age: 27
Died in service as a POW in the Philippine Islands.
1942
Staff Sergeant Alex W. Kaiser
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 19, 1942 / Age: 27
As a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Corps he died in a B-25 bomber accident at Columbia Army Air Base, South Carolina during WWII
1942
Second Lieutenant Martin O. Vangsness
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 13, 1942 / Age: 22
He died in service when a big army bomber he was on crashed near the Colombia air base in South Carolina.
1942
Seaman 3rd Class George E. Chetney
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: September 12, 1942 / Age: 22
Died in service in Key West, Florida
1942
Second Lieutenant Harry E. Wylie
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 10, 1942 / Age: 24
Died in service in the Canal Zone
1942
Technician Fifth Grade Harley A. Quarne
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 10, 1942 / Age: 24
Died in service in De Rudder, Louisiana
1942
Boatswain's Mate Second Class Rolland C. Johnson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Coast Guard
Date of Loss: September 09, 1942 / Age: 22
Officers and crew of USS Muskeget (WAG 48) were lost At 15.16 hours on 9 September 1942 when U-755 fired a spread of three torpedoes at an auxiliary vessel and heard two hits, followed by sinking noises.
1942
Private Leslie Stickelmeyer
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Philippine Engineer Depot
Date of Loss: September 03, 1942 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1942
Private First Class Robert A. Norby
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 77th Bomber Squadron, 28th Bomber Group, Heavy
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: "77th Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 28th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: September 02, 1942 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1942
Private Alvin F. Callahan
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 07, 1942 / Age: 31
Died in a plane crash at South Plains Army Flying School
1942
Seaman 1st Class Gordon T. Dahl
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Ingraham DD-444
Date of Loss: August 22, 1942 / Age: 21
Killed in action on the Ingraham. The destroyer Ingraham on July 19, 1941 and with the outbreak of World War II commenced escort duty for convoys sailing from New York and Halifax to the British Isles.