State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Private First Class Jack C. Beckwith
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 395th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 99th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 16, 1944 / Age: 20
On December 15, 1944, he was with members of Company C on Hill 627 in the woods near Wahlerscheid, Germany, when the men came under attack from multiple German artillery barrages.
1944
Major Gordon A. Utke
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 31st Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: December 15, 1944 / Age: 29
Died while in MIA status.
1944
Private Robert P. Ployhar
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 409th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 103th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 15, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Private First Class Melvin G. Beyer
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 358th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 15, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in France.
1944
First Lieutenant Hugh J. Hazlett
Grand Forks, ND
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: December 15, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status. Casualty of the Oryoku Maru.
1944
Private Stephen Olason
Hensel, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 14, 1944 / Age: 24
After training at various centers he was sent to Burma and placed in an airborne crew. While thus engaged he was killed in action Dec. 14, 1944.
1944
Sergeant Everett L. Corbin
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 379th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 95th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 14, 1944 / Age: 27
Killed in action near France.
1944
Lieutenant Frederick Hugh J. Hankins
Parshall, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: December 14, 1944 / Age: 26
Died while in MIA status. Buried at sea near the Philippines.
1944
Technician Fifth Class Clarence H. Steckler
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 709th Tank Battalion
Date of Loss: December 14, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1944
Private First Class Melvin H. Schuster
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 409th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 103th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 13, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action near France.
1944
Chief Pharmacist Mate John C. Ulmer
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: December 13, 1944 / Age: 36
Chief Pharmacist's Mate John Cassady Ulmer, United States Navy, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his death while still in captivity.
1944
Sergeant Robert C. Elijah
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 776th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: December 12, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in France
1944
Private First Class Lloyd E. Burns
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 334th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 84th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 12, 1944 / Age: 24
Died in service in Germany
1944
1944
Private Claud Jacobson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 11, 1944 / Age: 28
Killed in action in the Philippine Islands