State Heroes
World War II
1944
PFC Clarence O. Erickson
Bowman, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Technician 5th Grade Paul O. Thurn
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 60th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age: 32
Killed in action in France
1944
PFC Albert Albrecht
Temvik, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in France
1944
Staff Sgt. Albert R. Rodacker
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Private Peter B. Patnaude
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in action in France
1944
Private First Class Willis W. Wacker
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 66th Armored Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Armed Division
Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action in France
1944
Private First Class Lyle O. Weinreis
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 60th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 9th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action in France
1944
Cpl. Theodore Albert Vasicek
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Tr A 4th Calvary Recon Sq
Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age:
Captured by German Forces while on Combat Patrol 27 July 1944.
Wounded In Action France 27 July 1944.
1944
Sgt. Francis A. Fee
Ops Township, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age: 28
Killed in action near France.
1944
Aviation Radioman Curtis L. Wright Jr.
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Yorktown
Date of Loss: July 27, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Yap Island
1944
1st Lieutenant Orin E. Olson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 448th Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 321st Bomber Group
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 12th Air Force
Date of Loss: July 26, 1944 / Age: 25
On July 26 they were bombing a bridge on the Adiage River near Verona, Italy, when their plane was hit in the left engine. Orin stayed at the controls of the plane as other crew members parachuted out.
1944
Staff Sergeant Edward J. Birch
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-17 Flying Fortress
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 32nd Bomber Squadron B-17 FLYING FORTRESS
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 301st Bomber Group
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 15th US Army Air Forces
Date of Loss: July 26, 1944 / Age: 19
Killed in action in a plane that crashed in Austria, the plane departed Italy
1944
Sgt. Louis Larson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 26, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1944
Technician 4th Grade Alvin O. Ellingson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 957th Field Artillery Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Field Artillery Corps Division
Date of Loss: July 25, 1944 / Age: 33
Killed in action in France
1944
Staff Sergeant Arthur E. Kittelson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 957th Field Artillery Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Field Artillery Corps Division
Date of Loss: July 25, 1944 / Age: 24
Died in service in Normandy, France