State Heroes
World War II (WWII)
1945
Private First Class Christ K. Wanner
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 20th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: February 24, 1945 / Age: 31
Died in service in Luzon, Philippine Islands
1945
Private First Class Norman R. Benson
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 24th Marine Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 4th Marine Division
Date of Loss: February 24, 1945 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Iwo Jima
1945
Staff Sgt. Wallace D. Lundy
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Infantry Regiment, Americal Division
Date of Loss: February 24, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1945
Private First Class John M. Spencer
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 28th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: February 24, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Germany
1945
2nd Lt. Clarence M. Lindquist
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 64th Bomber Squadron, 43rd Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: February 23, 1945 / Age:
Died while in MIA status. Volunteered to fly co-pilot on a transport plane to pick up personnel on Owi Island. No word was ever received from this transport plane. Rescue squads worked untiringly but without success.
1945
Private First Class John A. Murphy
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 27th Marine Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 5th Marine Division
Date of Loss: February 23, 1945 / Age: 19
Died in service in Iwo Jima
1945
Private First Class John B. Darcy
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: February 23, 1945 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Luzon
1945
Pvt. Roy J. Eckert
Rugby, NDWorld War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 23, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in Germany after making the Roer River crossing.
1945
PFC James E. Balerud
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 345th Infantry Regiment, 87th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 23, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in Belgium.
1945
Private First Class Paul B. Dyer
Economy Township, ND
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 415th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 104th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 23, 1945 / Age: 36
Killed in action near Belgium.
1945
Private William S. Mackoff
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: February 22, 1945 / Age: 21
Died in service in Iwo Jima
1945
Captain Kenneth A. Williams
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division
Date of Loss: February 22, 1945 / Age: 31
Killed in action in the Leyte, Philippine Islands
1945
Colonel Orin D. Haugen
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 11th Airborne Division
Date of Loss: February 22, 1945 / Age: 37
Colonel Haugen was in Parañaque when he was hit by a fragment from a 20mm anti-aircraft shell that the Japanese were firing at his troops.
1945
Gunnery Sergeant Russell W. Lippert
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 4th Tank Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 4th Marine Division
Date of Loss: February 22, 1945 / Age: 26
Colonel Robert M. Neiman described the moment Lippert gave his life to his country in his memoir, "Tanks on the Beaches". "Division called at about two in the morning and said the (previous) attack had been repulsed.
1945
Private First Class Henry Runestad
World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: February 21, 1945 / Age: 20
Died in service in Iwo Jima.