State Heroes
World War II
1944
Pvt.1st Class John Raymond Kelner
Park River, NDBranch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:
Died while in Prisoner of War status.
1944
Coxswain Alvin L. Schultz
Bottineau, NDWorld War II
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.
1944
Pvt. Harold L. Briggs
World War II
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.
1944
Seaman 2c John R. Williams, Jr.
Mandan, NDWorld War II
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.
1944
Water Tender 2c Albert L. Molzahn
Minot, NDWorld War II
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.
1944
Pharmacist's Mate 3c Eddy W. Fuller
Minot, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
1944
Coxswain Wendelin J. Volk
Strasburg, NDWorld War II
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.
1944
Pvt. Carl H. Franklin
Goodrich, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 194th Tank Battalion
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 25
Died while in POW status on the Japanese ship "Arisan Maru", when it was sunk by an American submarine in the South China Sea. There were 1,803 POWs on the ship, only 9 of which survived the sinking.
1944
Pvt. Lawrence E. Roesner
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 31st Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 29
Died while in MIA status.
1944
Capt. Frederick J. Gerlich
Dickinson, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 59th Coast Artillery Regiment
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 29
Died while in POW status after being assigned to the 59th Coast Artillery Regiment charged with harbor defenses of Manila and Subic Bays. The 59th Regiment manned the seacoast artillery on Corregidor Island.
1944
2nd Lt. Lorne M. Campbell
Casselton, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Quartermaster Corps
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 27
Died while in MIA status. Body was not recovered.
1944
Gunner's Mate 3c Lowell R. Nelson
Grand Forks, NDWorld War II
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.
1944
Corporal George S. Schroedl
Leonard, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 93rd Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age: 27
Died in POW status in Bataan.
1944
Pvt. Lewis R. Larson
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 30th Bomber Squadron, 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.Â
1944
Commander Egbert A. Roth
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Navy
Date of Loss: October 24, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.