FALLEN
Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)
Staff Sgt. Kenneth W. Hendrickson
Bismarck, ND
Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)
Branch of Service: National Guard
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 957th Engineer Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:130th Engineer Brigade
Date of Loss: January 24, 2004 / Age: 41
Died Jan. 24 when his convoy was attacked by an improvised explosive device north of Fallujah, Iraq.
Specialist Philip D. Brown
Jamestown, ND
Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)
Branch of Service: National Guard
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:141st Engineer Battalion
Date of Loss: May 08, 2004 / Age: 21
Died May 8 in Balad, Iraq, from injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device went off west of Samarra, Iraq.
Staff Sergeant Lance J. Koenig
Fargo, ND
Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)
Branch of Service: National Guard
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:141st Engineer Battalion
Date of Loss: September 22, 2004 / Age: 33
Killed Sept. 22 when an improvised explosive device detonated while he was conducting a dismounted patrol in Tikrit, Iraq.
Private First Class Anthony W. Monroe
Bismarck, ND
Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Division Artillery
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: October 11, 2004 / Age: 20
Killed Oct. 11 when two rockets impacted his camp in Baghdad.
Specialist Cody L. Wentz
Williston, ND
Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)
Branch of Service: National Guard
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:141st Engineer Battalion
Date of Loss: November 04, 2004 / Age: 21
Killed Nov. 4 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle while he was on patrol in Iraq.
Sergeant Thomas J. Sweet II
Bismarck, ND
Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 27, 2003 / Age: 23
Died of non-combat related injuries Nov. 27 in Junction City, Iraq.
Specialist Jon P. Fettig
Dickinson, ND
Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)
Branch of Service: National Guard
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 957th Engineer Company
Date of Loss: July 22, 2003 / Age: 30
Died July 22, 2003 when the truck he was in was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade near Ramadi, Iraq, on July 22, 2003.
Private First Class Sheldon Hawk Eagle
Grand Forks, ND
Iraq (OIF/OND/OIR)
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
Date of Loss: November 15, 2003 / Age: 21
Killed Nov. 15 when two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters crashed in Mosul, Iraq.
Korean War
Master Sergeant James K. Dionne
Grand Forks, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:32d Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 23, 1953 / Age:
Sergeant First Class Orlin K. Hagen
Traill County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:48th Field Artillery Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 07, 1953 / Age: 32
Private Donald O. Thompson
Burke County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:31st Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 17, 1953 / Age:
Private First Class Delbert R. Kamphaug
Hatton, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Weapons Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: July 26, 1953 / Age: 20
Private First Class Harold Raymond Wallender
Hazen, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:76th Engineer Construction Battalion
Date of Loss: March 21, 1953 / Age:
The brakes on his grader failed and it crashed into a bulldozer. He was taken to the 121st Evacuation Hospital where he died.
2nd Lieutenant Wallace S. Butler Jr.
Grand Forks, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: A Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion, 1st Marines
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: April 19, 1953 / Age: 22
Corporal Thomas R. Downie
Ward County, ND
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:27th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 14, 1953 / Age: 22
He was seriously wounded by the enemy in North Korea on September 6, 1952 and returned to duty on September 13, 1952 and was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on May 14, 1953.