State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1945
Corporal Leo A. Forcier
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 242nd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 42nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 06, 1945 / Age: 26
Killed in action during the Battle of the Bulge in France.
1945
Private First Class Gordon L. Mathiason
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 17th Airborne Division
Date of Loss: January 05, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Belgium
1945
Private Lloyd A. Ohlheiser
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 347th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 87th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 05, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near Luxembourg.
1945
Corporal Michael A. Drury
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 155th Airborne Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: Coast Artillery Corps
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 17th Airborne Division
Date of Loss: January 05, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Belgium
1945
Private First Class Aaron C. Bender
LaMoure, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 359th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 05, 1945 / Age: 34
Killed in action in Luxembourg.
1945
Second Lieutenant Robert L. Haley
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 673rd AAF Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: January 05, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Southwest Pacific Area
1945
First Lieutenant Bertram E. Olson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 330th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 83rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 05, 1945 / Age: 29
1945
Sergeant John H. McCarten
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 276th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 70th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 05, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1945
Private Clarence J. Baker
Gackle, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 22nd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 4th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 05, 1945 / Age: 20
From WWII book:
1945
Private Ronald W. Hagen
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 04, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Luxembourg
1945
Radioman Third Class Rodney Loyd Brennan
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Ommaney Bay
Date of Loss: January 04, 1945 / Age:
Killed in Action by Japanese Suicide Plan while aboard the USS Ommaney Bay in Asiatic Theatre. (Source: Service Record WWI and WWII Garrison Community ND)
1945
Lieutenant Commander Leonard J. Check
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Hancock
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: Fighting Squadron 7
Date of Loss: January 04, 1945 / Age: 33
Leonard Check became a World War II ACE credited with shooting down TWELVE enemy aircraft. He was lost in January 1945, after a mid-air collision with his wingman over Luzon, Philippine Islands.
1945
Private First Class Lawrence J. Jensen
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 327th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: January 04, 1945 / Age: 24
Killed in action in France
1945
Signalman Third Class Willis E. Gentz
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Ommaney Bay
Date of Loss: January 04, 1945 / Age: 18
1945
Radioman First Class Erling N. Bakke
Jamestown, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Ommaney Bay
Date of Loss: January 04, 1945 / Age: 26
Died while in MIA status. Ommaney Bay South Pacific Ocean. Remains not recovered.