State Heroes

Staff Sergeant Bernard H. Halaas

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 383rd Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: October 25, 1944 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands

Ship's Cook Second Class Arthur M. Thorlaksen

Powers Lake, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: October 25, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Private Lewis R. Larson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 30th Bomber Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 19th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:

Died while in POW status. Killed aboard a Japanese ship when it was hit by torpedoes in the South China Sea. 

Water Tender Second Class Albert L. Molzahn

Minot, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status - buried at sea.

Seaman Second Class John R. Williams, Jr.

Mandan, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status - buried at sea.

Private Harold L. Briggs

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Strategic Air Forces

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Technician 5th Class Garret J. Glum

Bismarck, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 24th Quartermaster Company

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 24th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 30

Killed in action in the Philippines after suffering fatal wounds on Leyte Island.

Coxswain Wendelin J. Volk

Strasburg, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

Electrician's Mate Second Class Adam Jack Klupp

Regent, ND

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:

Died when Arisan Maru, transporting Allied Prisoners of War from the Philippines to Japan, was sunk by USS Shark (SS-314)

Private Lawrence E. Roesner

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 31st Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 29

Died while in MIA status.

Electrician's Mate Second Class Adam J. Klupp

Regent, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 26

Died while in a POW camp.

Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Lowell R. Nelson

Grand Forks, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 28

Died while in MIA status. Killed aboard the USS Birmingham (CL-62) when attempting to rescue crew and fight fires alongside the stricken carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23) during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

Corporal George S. Schroedl

Leonard, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 93rd Bomber Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 19th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 27

Died in POW status in Bataan.

Private First Class John Raymond Kelner

Park River, ND

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:

Died while in Prisoner of War status.

Private Beryle H. Kjorvestad

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 383rd Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 96th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 22

Died in service in Leyte, Philippine Islands