State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1945
2nd Lieutenant William O. Ward
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 361st Field Artillery
Date of Loss: April 19, 1945 / Age: 34
Killed in action in Okinawa
1945
Second Lieutenant Warren E. Randall
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 172nd Infantry
Date of Loss: April 18, 1945 / Age: 27
Killed in action in the Philippine Islands
1945
1945
Private First Class Richard Waslaski
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Infantry
Date of Loss: April 17, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Italy
1945
Technician 4th Grade Oscar E. Schock
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 382nd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 96th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 17, 1945 / Age: 23
Died in service in Okinawa
1945
PFC Eugene A. De Bolt
Carrington, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Infantry Regiment, Americal Division
Date of Loss: April 16, 1945 / Age: 25
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Private Everett N. Peterson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 305th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 77th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 16, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in combat against the Japanese Army on the small Island of le Shima.
1945
PFC Clifford L. Larson
Bottineau, NDWorld War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 16, 1945 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Germany
1945
Captain Robert B. Holmes
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: P-51 44-63214
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 82nd Fighter Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 78th Fighter Group
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 8th Air Force
Date of Loss: April 16, 1945 / Age: 24
Killed in action when he was flying a mission to strafe enemy airfields in the present-day Czech Republic. After strafing two airfields heading towards the third, his plane was hit by flak, and he crashed and was killed near Prague
1945
Major Quintus B. Nelson
Grand Forks, NDWorld War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Marine Corps
Date of Loss: April 16, 1945 / Age:
Died while in MIA status. Lost over Palau.
1945
Aviation Cadet Robert F. Rohs
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: April 15, 1945 / Age: 23
Died in service in a plane crash 18 miles north of Pensacola, Florida.
1945
1st Lieutenant Bernard S. Bennison
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: April 15, 1945 / Age: 25
Killed in action over Kawasaki, Japan
1945
Sgt. Maurice G. McCormick
Fargo, NDWorld War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 60th Bomber Squadron, 39th Bomber Group, Very Heavy
Date of Loss: April 15, 1945 / Age: 29
Died while in MIA status.
1945
Private First Class Glenn O. Hagen
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 16th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: April 15, 1945 / Age: 29
Killed in action in Brandenburg, Germany
1945
Captain William R. Weir
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 387th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 97th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 15, 1945 / Age: 33
He was killed after he had thrown a hand grenade into a German tank which was on the main road to the town of Nuttum ... A nearby German soldier shot the Captain as he turned away from the flaming tank.