State Heroes
World War II
Corporal Lewis D. Wilson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 15, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
Tech 5c Gustave Hager
Minot, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 776th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: February 12, 1944 / Age: 34
Killed in action near Italy.
2nd Lt. James J. Ford
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Loss: February 11, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
Ens. James B. Boyd
Langdon, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: February 11, 1944 / Age: 26
Died while in MIA status.
PFC Ivan O. Bustad
Ellisville, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 57th Signal Battalion
Date of Loss: February 08, 1944 / Age: 24
Killed in action near Italy.
Staff Sgt. Gahlord G. Johnson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 08, 1944 / Age: 25
Killed in action near Italy.
Seaman Apprentice Gamaliel T. Arason
Mountain, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: February 08, 1944 / Age: 21
Was on a ship that was struck by a U-boat. North Atlantic Ocean.
Staff Sgt. Ervin L. Klauss
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 95th Evacuation Hospital
Date of Loss: February 07, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near Italy.
Staff Sgt. Daniel Holwegner
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 03, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action near Italy.
Sgt. Curtis H. Olson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 03, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action near Italy.
Staff Sgt. John E. Rod
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 132nd Infantry Regiment, Americal Division
Date of Loss: February 03, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
2nd Lt. Neil D. Quast
Temvik, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters, US Army Service of Supply
Date of Loss: February 02, 1944 / Age: 27
Died while in MIA status.
Seaman 2c Leslie V. Nelson
Velva, NDWorld War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Loss: February 02, 1944 / Age: 23
Died while in MIA status.
Captain Oliver J. Nordby
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters, US Army Service of Supply
Date of Loss: February 02, 1944 / Age:
Died while in MIA status.
Sergeant Arnold Edwin Postovit
Tioga, ND
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 7th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: February 01, 1944 / Age:
He was captured by the German Army in Anzio, Italy in February 1944. He was imprisoned at Stalag 2B in Germany, although he spent much of his time working at a local farm.