State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Technician Fifth Class Lloyd J.O. McLean
Niagara, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 957th Field Artillery Battalion
Date of Loss: July 25, 1944 / Age: 27
Killed in action near France.
1944
Private First Class Ervin R. Orvis
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 320th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 35th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 24, 1944 / Age: 18
Killed in action in St Lo, France
1944
Corporal Ole A. Trontvet
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 24, 1944 / Age: 23
Died in service in Hondon, Texas.
1944
Technician Fifth Grade Ewaldt F. Hasenwinkel
Elysian Township, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Medical Department
Date of Loss: July 24, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action near Italy.
1944
Private Reuben Wacker
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 119th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 30th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 24, 1944 / Age: 30
Killed in action near France.
1944
Private First Class Philip E. Kupper
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 23, 1944 / Age: 29
Killed in action in France
1944
Private First Class Joseph P. Morris
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: July 23, 1944 / Age: 20
Died in service in Guam
1944
Private Alexander Demontigny
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 22, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action near France.
1944
Gunnery Sergeant Edwin Kienzle
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 21st Marines Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: July 21, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Guam
1944
Sergeant Donald A. Syverson
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: July 21, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1944
Second Lieutenant Henry F. Telken
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 576th Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 392th Bomber Group
Date of Loss: July 21, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action when his plane went down in Ammersee, a body of water that is a large lake about (12) miles due east of Landsberg, Germany, and approximately (25) miles southwest of Munich,
1944
Private First Class Darrell G. Murphy
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 3rd Marine Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: July 21, 1944 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Guam
1944
Fireman First Class Orvel P. Zdeb
Valley City, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: July 19, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1944
Private First Class Donald R. Gingrey
Steele, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 134th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 35th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 18, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Private First Class Bernard J. Carey
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: July 21, 1944 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Guam, Marianas Islands