State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1944
Private First Class Clayton E. Verke
World War II (WWII)
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
Captain Frederick J. Gerlich
Dickinson, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 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
Private Harold L. Briggs
World War II (WWII)
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
Electrician's Mate Second Class Adam Jack Klupp
Regent, ND
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:
Died when Arisan Maru, transporting Allied Prisoners of War from the Philippines to Japan, was sunk by USS Shark (SS-314)
1944
Coxswain Wendelin J. Volk
Strasburg, ND
World War II (WWII)
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.
1944
Private Lawrence E. Roesner
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 31st Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 29
Died while in MIA status.
1944
Private Lewis R. Larson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 30th Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 19th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:
Died while in POW status. Killed aboard a Japanese ship when it was hit by torpedoes in the South China Sea.Â
1944
Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Lowell R. Nelson
Grand Forks, ND
World War II (WWII)
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 (CL-62) when attempting to rescue crew and fight fires alongside the stricken carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23) during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
1944
Private First Class John Raymond Kelner
Park River, ND
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:
Died while in Prisoner of War status.
1944
Corporal George S. Schroedl
Leonard, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 93rd Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 19th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 27
Died in POW status in Bataan.
1944
Technician 5th Class Garret J. Glum
Bismarck, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 24th Quartermaster Company
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 24th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 30
Killed in action in the Philippines after suffering fatal wounds on Leyte Island.
1944
Private Martin J. Anderson
World War II (WWII)
Date of Loss: October 23, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action on October 23, 1944
1944
Technician Fourth Class Howard A. McBain
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: October 22, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Sergeant Leland I. Cunningham
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 21, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in France
1944
Private First Class Roy J. Kitagawa
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 100th Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 442nd Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: October 22, 1944 / Age: 23
Died in service in France