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there are 241 Minnesotans buried at the normandy american cemetery in france

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ALLEN RALEIGH E 
ANDERSON ALFRED S 
ANDERSON HARRY D 
ANDERSON JOHN E
(Normandy gravesite photo)
ANDERSON WALTER T
ATWOOD DALE H
BACON LEWIS C
BAKER CLYDE E
BAKER LESLIE R
BAST LOREN A
BATCHELLER HERBERT F
BEATTIE DAVID C
BEAVER WILLIAM R
BEHRENDBERG MARVIN K
BENSON EDWARD E
(Died on the Leopoldville)
(Story of the Leopoldville)
BENTS PAUL W
BERG WILLIE
BERGE EIVIND R
BICKHART ROBERT F
BJORGE ERNEST
BJORGO LEONARD K
BJORNEBO FRITJOF
BLANCHETTE BUFORD L
BLEGEN GORDEN O
BLOCK BERNARD A
BLOOM DENNIS O
BRANDT GERALD D
BREMER WILLIAM J
BRIANT EDWARD L
BRONSON DAVID E JR
BROTHERTON ROBERT C
BROW ROY F
BROWN JOHN W
BUEHLER CLARENCE F
BUEHLER MILO E
BUSH FERNLY E
CEPLECHA THEODORE C
CHAMBERS DOUGLAS A
CHRISTENSEN CHARLES
CLAUSEN LELAND G
COLBURN WILLIAM M
COSTAIN JAMES A
CRANDALL FORREST W
CUMMINGS GAROLD V
DELAK JOSEPH A
DES JARDINS MARCEL P
DUBOIS BEAUFORD L
DUDAS LESLIE L
EDMONDSON PAUL S
ENGSTROM ARTHUR L
EVANS LENARD L
EVENSON ARCHIE E
EVENSON CLIFFORD A
FELLBAUM LINDEN A
FISCHER FRANK
FONTAINE JEROME H
FORTMEYER IRVING F
FRADET JAMES L
FRANCIS GEORGE R
FRAWLEY CHARLES A
FREEHOLM OLIVER A
FUNK MERRILL L
GARNESS MARVIN C
GARVIK JOHN D
GARY PAUL J
GASCOIGNE GEORGE B
GELLERMAN NORMAN R
GILBERTSON MORRIS C
GOBATS JOHN L
(Died on the Leopoldville)
(Story of the Leopoldville)
GORES LEO C
GORES MELVIN N
GRANT JAMES P
GRISIM RICHARD J
GROSFIELD WALTER
GRUHOT LOUIS F
GUNDERSON ARCHIE G
GUNDERSON SPENCER E
HAGE LEONARD M
HAGEN ALBIN B
HALVERSON GODFREY N
HAMMER JOHN W
HANKINSON RICHARD W
HANSEN IRVING S
HANSON AXEL C
HANSON RAYMOND H
HARRIGAN JOHN D
HARRIS GEORGE B
HAVEN EDWIN L
(Died on the Leopoldville)
(Story of the Leopoldville)
HEISLER ANTHONY J
HENKE WILBERT E
HILDEBRAND FLOYD D
HOFFMAN JOHN F
HOFFMAN NICHOLAS J
HOFFROGGE HERMAN E
HOKANSON HARVEY H
HOLLERMANN ALOYSIUS
HOLT JAMES A
HOLTEN HENRY E
HUBERTY DONALD J
JACOBSEN GERALD L
JENSEN HANS T 
 JERDE MILTON D
JOHNSON GEORGE D
JOHNSON ROBERT M
JOHNSON STANLEY E
JOHNSON TENNYSON G
JOHNSON WALTER H
JOKIMAKI FRED W
JONES HUGH D
JONES ROBERT C
JONES THEODORE T JR
JORDET CLARENCE E
KEHUS ALLE A
KEINZ GEORGE W
KERLING REED D
KINDER LESTER W
(Died on the Leopoldville)
(Story of the Leopoldville)
KLEIST EUGENE J
KOCYON FRANK J
KOHLMEYER ELMER
KOKOSH JOSEPH
KOMSTADIUS MYRON J
KOPPANG WILHELM
KOSTRZEWSKI WALTER T
KOTTKE KENNETH C
KRUSEL FRANK M 
KUZEL ALBERT E
LACH ROMER J
LANTHIER ROBERT M
LARSON KENNETH I
LARSON SELMER I 
LEE GEORGE J
LETTENGARVER ALBERT
(Died on the Leopoldville)
(Story of the Leopoldville)
LIEN FLOYD R
LINDBLOOM HILDING M
LINDER WALTER W
LORAAS LEO B
LUOMA OLIVER L
LYNCH JOHN T
MAINE ROGER M
MAKI ISAAC R
MARCHAND ARNOLD T
MATHISON ARLO R
(Died on the Leopoldville)
(Story of the Leopoldville)
MATTSON MATT H
MATZKE CLARENCE A
MCGEARY DONALD C
MCGOWAN WILLIAM J
MCNAIR LESLEY JAMES 
MCNAMARA BERNARD L
MCRAE PHILLIP W
MELLON DERRILL G
MILLER AXEL J
MINDELSOHN JOSEPH
MOORE CLARENCE J
MORGAN LESTER D
MYDRA NICHOLAS F
NASBY MARLIN
NELSON GEORGE W
NELSON STANLEY C
NORBY LESTER H
O'CROWLEY DANIEL J
O'DELL KENNETH M
O'DONNELL ROBERT C
O'KEEFE FRANCIS D
O'KEEFE ROBERT J
OLSON CLAIR S
OLSON CLARENCE H
ONGER ELLSWORTH H
ORVIS ERVIN R
PAGEL FRITZ G
PARSONS DONALD F
PATERSON DONALD E
PEPER WILLIS C
PETERS LAURENCE A
PETERSON NORMAN A
PHILLES ELMER N
PICORE RICHARD J
PILANTZ JULIUS O
POGORELC JOHN A
PONTIUS RICHARD J
POPPE WILLIAM G
RANUM MERWYN A
RIEDEL BENJAMIN
RILEY LAWRENCE T
ROBINSON RICHARD C
SCHELLHAS WILLIAM L
SCHROEPFER CLARENCE
SCHULTZ LEROY A
SCHULTZ REUBEN O
SETRAN ARVID L
SEVERIN WILBUR C
SHAKETER HAROLD
SHAWSTAD WILLIAM R
SHEPARD ROBERT C
SJOLANDER LLOYD E
SKAJA ROY R
SLETTEN DONALD H
SMITH LEO C
SMITH THEODORE K
SMOOK HERMAN
STAPLES JOHN H
STEINBERG ARTHUR F
STEINKE HERBERT F
STIMAC EDWARD
STOEN GORDON M
STROBEL HENRY M
STRUS HARRY A
SUKALSKI EDWARD J
SVENDSEN THEODORE Q
SYPAL CLATE E
SYVERSON ALTON E
TANGBORN VIRGIL J
TANGEN ROBERT T
TARR JOHN Z
(Story of the Leopoldville)
(Died on board the Leopoldville)
THIELEN RAYMOND M
THOMAN ALBERT J
THORE PAUL B
THRESHER FRANK L
TIBBETTS JESSE 
(Died on board the Leopoldville)
(Story of the Leopoldville)
TIBBETTS KENNETH C
TOMSICH ANTON J
TORMANEN WILLIAM
TRAIN HAROLD A
TUVEY JOHN N
UNGER JEROME F
VAN HYFTE HENRY B
VAN RYN GEORGE M
VOLKMAN HARVEY E
VOSS VICTOR V
VOTH ARNOLD W
WALLIN EARL L
WEBB MERLYN C
WEDUL VERNON O
(click for photos of Wedul)
WELCH ROGER H
WIELAND ELDOR O
WITTELS BERNARD B
WOLFF MILTON R
WORM RAYMOND J
WRIGHT JOHN A
ZAMZOW WILLIAM R
ZILKA LEONARD M
ZIMMERMAN HENRY

Normandy American Cemetery

The cemetery site covers 172.5 acres and contains the graves of 9,387 of our military dead, most of whom lost their lives in the D-Day landings and ensuing operations. 
Video from Normandy Cemetery website.

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"On their shoulders"

A movie seen at the Normandy Visitor Center, tells the story of three men who were killed in action on D-Day or soon after. 
Video from Normandy Cemetery website.