State Heroes Total:
2956
Service Branch

Korean War

Leo F. Engelhart photo 1950

Private First Class Leo F. Engelhart

Towner County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 23rd Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: September 01, 1950 / Age:

Jared W. Morrow photo 1950

1st Lieutenant Jared W. Morrow

Fargo, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: September 01, 1950 / Age: 27

Marvin Jerome Myhre photo 1950

Corporal Marvin Jerome Myhre

New Rockford, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 6407th Ammunition Handling Unit

Date of Loss: August 23, 1950 / Age: 21

Initial reports indicated he met his death when a vehicle in which he was riding missed a turn and was wrecked near the front lines in Korea. Further investigation determined that enemy sniper fire caused the accident.

Thomas C. Odenbaugh photo 1950

Private Thomas C. Odenbaugh

Golden Valley County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 29th Regimental Combat Team

Date of Loss: August 22, 1950 / Age:

Wilmer R. Pfeifle photo 1950

Corporal Wilmer R. Pfeifle

Hettinger County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 29th Regimental Combat Team

Date of Loss: August 19, 1950 / Age:

Ward Orville Neville photo 1950

1st Lieutenant Ward Orville Neville

Zap, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Engineer Combat Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 24th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: August 11, 1950 / Age: 32

He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for actions near the Naktong River while on a search and destroy patrol. In this mission, Neville and his 13 men were attacked by an estimated 200 enemy rifleman.

Paul Gerald Baenen photo 1950

Private First Class Paul Gerald Baenen

Jamestown, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade

Date of Loss: August 08, 1950 / Age: 20

Harold R Halvorson photo 1950

Corporal Harold R Halvorson

Benson County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 9th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: August 08, 1950 / Age:

Donald E. Sellers photo 1950

Private First Class Donald E. Sellers

Stutsman County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 19th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 24th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: August 02, 1950 / Age:

Milton P. Billigmeier photo 1950

Corporal Milton P. Billigmeier

Stutsman County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion, 29th Infantry Regimental Combat Team

Date of Loss: July 27, 1950 / Age:

He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy near Hadong, South Korea on July 27, 1950 and was presumed dead on February 24, 1954.

Vincent J. Eicholtz photo 1950

Private Vincent J. Eicholtz

Cass County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 29th Regimental Combat Team

Date of Loss: July 27, 1950 / Age:

Herbert Edward Buik photo 1950

Private Herbert Edward Buik

Wells County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 27th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 26, 1950 / Age:

He was captured during the Korean War and interned as a Prisoner of War. He was not among those returned at the wars end, and is listed as Missing in Action. His remains have never been recovered.

Michael A. Dworshak photo 1950

Private Michael A. Dworshak

Flasher, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 5th Cavalry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Cavalry Division

Date of Loss: July 25, 1950 / Age:

Seeing an enemy machine gun nest to the rear, Private Dworshak, displaying great presence of mind, swung his automatic rifle around and, at the same time, shoved one man off the tank to keep him from getting hit by the machine gun's fire.

Morrlyn Dwight Kranzler photo 1950

Private First Class Morrlyn Dwight Kranzler

Grand Forks, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 5th Marines

Date of Loss: August 17, 1950 / Age: 19

Roy Retzloff photo 1950

Corporal Roy Retzloff

LaMoure County, ND

Korean War

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 19th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 24th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 30, 1950 / Age: