State Heroes
World War II
1943
Pvt. Donald I. Wasson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 27, 1943 / Age:
Killed in action in North Africa.
1943
Private First Class Nils Eidsness
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 23, 1943 / Age: 38
Killed in action in Tunisia
1943
Staff Sgt. Kenneth A. Klose
Buchanan, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 506th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: March 22, 1943 / Age: 24
Brother to PFC Robert H.
1943
Captain Ellis E. Matheson
Fairmount, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Marine Corps
Date of Loss: March 21, 1943 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1943
Private First Class Ardine M. Harstad
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 776th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: March 17, 1943 / Age: 27
Killed in action in North Africa
1943
Captain Walter W. Webster
World War I, World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: March 16, 1943 / Age: 54
Died in service in Chester, Pennsylvania
1943
Seaman 2c Clifford W. Fallen
Sutton, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: March 10, 1943 / Age: 22
Died while in MIA status. Stationed on a steam merchant ship southeast of Guantanamo Bay that was struck by a torpedo, which caused her cargo (4000 tons of explosives) to explode.
1943
Aviation Cadet John A. Sanborn
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 09, 1943 / Age: 22
Died in service in Moore Field, Texas
1943
Seaman 1c Claude Jerome Robinson
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: March 09, 1943 / Age: 22
Died while in MIA status. Killed aboard the Malantic when it was sunk by U-409 near Murmansk, Russia. Body was not recovered.
1943
Pvt.1st Class Melvin Eugene Bender
Streeter, NDBranch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: March 06, 1943 / Age:
Died while in Prisoner of War status on Dec 17, 1943.
1943
Seaman Apprentice Lavern M. Koch
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: March 06, 1943 / Age: 19
Died in service in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
1943
Pilot Officer James B. Courtney
World War II
Date of Loss: March 05, 1943 / Age: 23
On March 5, 1943, his Short Stirling I (#R9271) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off from RAF Ridgewell for a night air operation over Essen, Germany.
1943
1st Lieutenant Kenneth Saxhaug
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 18th Army Air Force Fighter Squadron
Date of Loss: March 02, 1943 / Age: 22
Airplane crash in the Aleutians.
1943
2nd Lieutenant Arthur R. Kuntz
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: February 28, 1943 / Age: 24
Died in service in Avon Park, Florida
1943
Sgt. Douglas H. Smith
Mandan, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 401st Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: February 26, 1943 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.