State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1945
Technical Sergeant Frank J. Helbling
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 335th Field Artillery Battalion
Date of Loss: March 31, 1945 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Germany
1945
Private First Class Wallace J. Gillespie
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 38th Infantry
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 30, 1945 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Germany
1945
PFC Edward F. Hanley
Page, NDWorld War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
Date of Loss: March 30, 1945 / Age: 27
Killed in action near the Netherlands.
1945
Private Leroy B. Hauge
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 29, 1945 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Luzon, Philippine Islands
1945
Staff Sergeant Gerhard R. Lund
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 194th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 17th Airborne Division
Date of Loss: March 28, 1945 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Germany
1945
Pvt. Donat J. Du Bord
Pleasant Township, NDWorld War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 328th Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 27, 1945 / Age: 22
Killed in action near France.
1945
Radioman 1c Glenn R. Ramsey
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: March 27, 1945 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1945
Staff Sergeant Oscar E. Christianson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 188th Field Artillery Division
Date of Loss: March 27, 1945 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Altenckirchen, Germany
1945
Flight Officer James G. Melarvie
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 27, 1945 / Age: 22
Died in service in France
1945
Private First Class Francis J. Mozinski
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 26, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Zamami Shima, Ryukyu Islands
1945
Ensign Elmer E. Hasse
Judson, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Intrepid
Date of Loss: March 26, 1945 / Age: 23
Died while in MIA status.
1945
2nd Lieutenant Pius G. Kuntz
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 392nd AAF Fighter Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 367th fighter group
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 9th Air Force
Date of Loss: March 26, 1945 / Age: 24
On 25 March 1945, flying a P-47D Thunderbolt fighter, Pius was on a dive bombing mission, the target was in Aschaffenburg. He was shot down near Dettingen Germany by enemy flak. The Kuntz family requested the body be returned to North Dakota.
1945
Corporal Manfred E. Moe
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 33rd Armored Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Armored Division
Date of Loss: March 26, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Kircheib, Germany
1945
Corporal Herbert R. Quast
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 25, 1945 / Age: 32
Died in service in Japan
1945
Private Mark F. Packard
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: March 25, 1945 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Germany