State Heroes
World War II
Captain Elmer L. Reitz
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 207th Engineer Combat Battalion
Date of Loss: June 19, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
Tech. 5c Thomas W. Robinson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
Date of Loss: June 18, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
Pvt. Donald V. Nordquist
Grand Forks, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 708th Amphibious Tank Battalion
Date of Loss: June 17, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action on Saipan.
Corp. Martin R. Dahl
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
Date of Loss: June 17, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
Aviation Metalsmith 1c Lennard L. Sorem
Edmunds, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: June 17, 1944 / Age: 23
Died while in MIA status. Killed on the USS Fanshaw Bay off of the Coast of Saipan. Received Purple Heart - Buried at Sea.
PFC August C. Siegfried
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 16, 1944 / Age: 31
Killed in action near France.
PFC Raymond A. Westling
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 16, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
PFC Clifford H. Wold
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 15, 1944 / Age: 30
Killed in action in France.
PFC Charles R. Reiser
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 708th Amphibious Tank Battalion
Date of Loss: June 15, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
2nd Lieutenant Russel Loyd Kruger
New Salem, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 12th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 4th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 15, 1944 / Age: 22
Killed in Action at the Battle of Hedgerows in Normandy, France on June 15, 1944 at the age of 22. His only child Russel "Rusty" was born 7 months later.
Sgt. Arthur L. Olson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 15, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
PFC Harold E. Carnahan
Howell Township, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 15, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action near France.
PFC Obert L. Halseth
Grand Forks, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 56th Signal Air Warning Battalion
Date of Loss: June 15, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in England. Died of wounds suffered in the invasion of France.
PFC Oscar L. Skistad
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 14, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
Tech 4c Cyril W. Gustafson
Milnor, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 20th General Hospital
Date of Loss: June 14, 1944 / Age: 23
Died while in MIA status.