World War II (WWII)

born Minot, NDak 6 Jan 24; resident Ward County, NDak; entered AUS Presidio of Monterey, Calif 6 Jan 43; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 30 Jul 44 France; buried in Soldiers Plot, Lot 78, Section 12, Rose Hill Cemetery, Minot, NDak

born Nishu, NDak 24 Oct 24; resident McLean County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Leavenworth, Kans 5 May 43; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 24 Sep 44 Holland; buried in Ankara Congregational Church Cemetery, Fort Berthold Reservation, Emmet, NDalc.  

born Columbus, NDak 2 Mar 21; resident Burke County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 1 Dec 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 25 Dec 44 Belgium; buried in Soldiers Plot, Pleasant Prairie, NDak, 

born Winnipeg, Canada 6 Jul 09; resident Grand Forks County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 21 Dec 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIM 20 Feb 45 Luxembourg, Belgium; buried in Block 93, Lot 4, American Legion Plot, Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Forks, NDak. 

born Dickinson, NDak 25 Mar 21; resident Stark County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 9 Oct 42; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 24 Apr 45 Okinawa; buried in Plot 2, Row N, Grave 2, North Section, St Wenceslaus Cemetery, Dickinson, NDak. 

born Woodworth, NDak 6 Jun 19; resident Stutsman County, NDak; entered AUS Jamestown, NDak 10 Feb 41; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 1 Nov 42 South Pacific; buried in Division D, Block SE1 20, Grave 9, Section Q, Highland Cemetery, Jamestown, NDak. 

born Shields, NDak 11 Dec 19; resident Sioux County, NDak; entered AUS Fargo, NDak 7 Mar 41; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; died in service 20 Apr 45 Negros Island; buried at St Peters Cemetery, Fort Yates, NDak. 

born Emerado, NDak 16 Jan 09; resident Grand Forks County, NDak; entered AUS Grand Forks, NDak 20 May 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; died in service 18 Jun 44 Denver, Colo; buried in Lot 4, Block 47, Section B, Grave 1, Bellevue Cemetery, Larimore, NDak. 

Ervin Kermit Holter was born in Clarksfield, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota on November 7, 1916, to John and Julia E Johnson Holter. He resided in Palermo, Mountrail County, North Dakota. He entered the United States Army in AUS Mountrail County, North Dakota on January 16, 1941, and served European African Middle Eastern Theater. Second Lieutenant Holter was killed in action on February 25, 1945, in Germany and is buried in the family plot, Knife River Lutheran Church Cemetery, Stanley, Mountrail County, North Dakota.

Captain Robert B. Holmes was born on December 5, 1920, in Chamberlain, South Dakota and was from North Dakota when he entered the United States Army. On April 16, 1945, Captain Holmes flying a P-51 (44-63214) of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group “Duxford Eagles” 8th Air Force out of USAAF Station F-357 (Duxford) 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.