State Heroes
World War II
S1c Francis V. Cincera
Lisbon, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: April 22, 1945 / Age: 22
Died while in MIA status.
Major Quintus B. Nelson
Grand Forks, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Marine Corps
Date of Loss: April 16, 1945 / Age:
Died while in MIA status. Lost over Palau.
PFC Clifford L. Larson
Bottineau, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 16, 1945 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Germany
PFC Eugene A. DeBolt
Carrington, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 164th Infantry Regiment, Americal Division
Date of Loss: April 16, 1945 / Age: 25
Killed in action in the Philippines.
PFC Theodore O. Bjertness
Hatton, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 66th Infantry Regiment, 71st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 15, 1945 / Age: 19
Killed in action in the Netherlands.
From American Battle Monuments Commission website
Sgt. Maurice G. McCormick
Fargo, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 60th Bomber Squadron, 39th Bomber Group, Very Heavy
Date of Loss: April 15, 1945 / Age: 29
Died while in MIA status.
PFC Charles J. Cicha
Conway, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 14th Infantry Battalion, 1st Armored Division
Date of Loss: April 14, 1945 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Italy.
PFC Leonard I. Langager
Mayville, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 333rd Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division, 1st Battalion, C Company
Date of Loss: April 13, 1945 / Age:
US Army Infantry
Killed in action by a sniper the last day of the war in the Netherlands.
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Capt. James K. Brewer
Colfax, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Combat Command "B", 9th Armored Division
Date of Loss: April 12, 1945 / Age: 28
Killed in action in the Netherlands.
Pvt. Elmer E. Wolford
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 589th Field Artillery Bn, 106th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 12, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
PFC Lawrence Lessard
Grafton, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 379th Infantry Regiment, 95th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 11, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Netherlands.
PFC Ervin Allmendinger
Dodge, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 313th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 11, 1945 / Age: 25
Killed in action.
Buried at Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Holland. Plot E Row 2 Grave 12.
Service # 37554609
Staff Sgt. Gilbert F. Van Keuren
Jamestown, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 813th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: April 10, 1945 / Age: 28
Killed in action in the Netherlands.