ND Veterans Affairs News: State

born Fort Ransom, NDak 7 Mar 20; resident Ransom County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 27 May 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; died in service 20 Nov 44 Chandler, Ariz; buried in Valhalla Memorial Park, North Hollywood, California

At the time of the crash, he was married to Betty Kilbourne Henrikson. He had two stepchildren, Ralph McBee of the Navy Air Corps and Garna Bell McBee. He was also survived by his mother, Mrs Tina Henrikson, of Seattle WA, two sisters in Seattle and two brothers in North Dakota.

born Lansford, NDak 13 Mar 16; resident Bottineau County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 11 Feb 44; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 9 Jan 45 Belgium; buried in Grave 14099, Block 24, Section C, Ft Snelling National Cemetery, Mpls, Minn

born Norwich, NDak 26 May 20; resident Ward County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 25 Mar 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 14 Jun 44 France; buried in Rosehill Memorial Park, Minot, NDak

born Grand Rapids, NDak 31 May 18; resident LaMoure County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 26 Oct 42; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; died in service 30 Oct 44 Leyte Island; buried in Plot C, Row 3, Grave 71, Manila, Philippine Islands

born Barnum, Minn 8 Sep 26; resident Burleigh County, NDak; entered AUS Milwaukee, Wis 19 Dec 44; sep Ft Sheridan, Ill 6 Aug 46; PFC; entered USAF Bismarck, NDak 12 Nov 49; served in Korea; died in service 14 Oct 55 Foster AFB, Tex; buried St Mary's Cemetery, Bismarck, NDak. 

Walter J. Henning was born on July 31, 1925. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Private in the 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He died on June 7, 1944 at the age of 18 and is now buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota

born Vayenv, SDak 14 Apr 18; resident Towner County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 18 May 44; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; died in service 26 Mar 45 Germany; buried in Family Plot at Finnish Lutheran Cemetery, Hansboro, NDak. 

born Broadview Twp, NDak 14 Jul 13; resident Griggs County, NDak; entered US Army Ft Snelling, Minn 11 Feb 41; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 25 Dec 44 English Channel, Europe; remains not recovered.

born Halstad, Minn 26 Jul 24; resident Cass County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 12 Aug 43; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; died in service 3 May 44 Bougainville; buried in Plot R, Grave 7, Section B at Veterans Memorial Plot Riverside Cemetery, Fargo, NDak. 

born Moorhead, Minn 3 Oct 21; resident Cass County, NDak; entered US Navy San Francisco, Calif 6 Jan 42; died in service 19 Oct 42 San Diego, Calif; burial place unk