ND Veterans Affairs News: State

born Anamoose, ND 10 AUG 12; resident McHenry County, ND; entered US Navy Mpls, Minn 2 Mar 36; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KlA 7 Dec 41 Pearl Harbor; buried in Plot N, Grave 1446, Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, California.

born Nanson, ND 18 Jan 07; resident Rolette County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 21 Mar 42; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 29 May 43 Aleutian Islands; buried in Section B, Grave 10, Sitka National Cemetery, Sitka, Alaska.

born Columbus, ND 24 Nov 23; resident Stutsman County, ND; entered US Navy Fargo, ND 6 Oct 42; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; died in service 6 Nov 43 Pacific Area; remains not recovered.

born Northwood, ND 16 Jun 26; resident Grand Forks County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 18 Sep 44; served Asiatic Pacific Theater and Japan; died in service 1 Aug 46 Honshu, Japan; remains not recovered; memorialized in Northwood Cemetery, Northwood, ND.

born Fillmore, ND 6 Apr 09; resident Eddy County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 1 Apr 43; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 6 Jul 44 France; buried in Plot 127, Grave 1, Section 6, Prairie Home Cemetery, New Rockford, ND

born Christine, ND 21 Oct 19; resident Richland County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 27 Mar 42; died in service 28 Jun 42 Santa Barbara, Calif; buried in Lium Cemetery, Christine, ND.

born Minot, ND 18 Dec 20; resident Stutsman County, ND; entered US Army Ft Meade, SD 17 Dec 38; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; died in service 16 Feb 57 Tripoli, Libya; burial place unk.

born Mandan, ND 30 Jun 24; resident Sioux County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 8 Jul 43; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 10 Jun 44 Biak Island, New Guinea; buried in St Elizabeth Catholic Church Cemetery, Cannon Ball, ND.

born Wilton, ND 11 Nov 11; resident Burleigh County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 5 Feb 42; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 4 Nov 44 Leyte, PI; buried in Regan Cemetery, Regan, ND.

Russell W. Lippert was born in Jamestown, ND on July 21, 1918, and he resided in Stutsman County, ND when he entered the Marines in Denver, Co. He enlisted November 3rd, 1941. Just one month before the Pearl Harbor attack. Lippert already had serving his country on his mind before war was declared December 8, 1941. He served on Roi-Namur, Tinian, Saipan, and Iwo Jima with the 4th Tank Battalion under Colonel Robert M. Neiman. He was Killed in Action in Iwo Jima and he is buried in Grave 1429, Section N in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.