State Heroes
World War II
1944
Ship's Cook 2c Arthur M. Thorlaksen
Powers Lake, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: October 25, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1944
S1c Reynold M. Bergman
Ransom, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: October 25, 1944 / Age: 20
Died while in MIA status.
1944
Torpedoman's Mate 2c Frank G. Gillis
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: October 25, 1944 / Age: 20
Died while in MIA status while stationed aboard the destroyer USS Johnston when the ship was sunk by a Japanese fleet during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
1944
Private First Class Robert E. Rupert
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 25, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands
1944
Private Thomas J. Jereski
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 50th Engineer Combat Battalion
Date of Loss: October 25, 1944 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Leyte
1944
MM3c Alcide E. Brillon
Walhalla, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: October 25, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1944
Technician 4th Grade Joseph A. Nystul
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 135th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 32
Killed in action in Italy
1944
Gunner's Mate 3c Jerome A. Zespy
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status off of Leyte, when a ship exploded near a cruiser on which he was stationed.
1944
Pharmacist's Mate 3c Eddy W. Fuller
Minot, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1944
Gunner's Mate 2c Fritz A. Wollerman
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 23
Died while in MIA status - buried at sea.
1944
Pvt. Harold L. Briggs
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Strategic Air Forces
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
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
Coxswain Alvin L. Schultz
Bottineau, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 28
Died while in MIA status. Killed aboard the USS Birmingham.
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
Baker 1st Class Kenton E. Kuebker
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: October 25, 1944 / Age: 25
On 24 October, U.S.S. Albert W. Grant joined TG 77.2 and sailed to engage a Japanese task force reported steaming northward from the Sulu Sea toward Surigao Strait.