ND Veterans Affairs News: State

born Wildrose, NDak 28 Jul 15; resident Williams County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 12 Oct 42; died in service 14 May 43 Amarillo, Tex; buried in Wildrose Cemetery, Wildrose, NDak. 

born Brooten, Minn 18 Jul 12; resident Sargent County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 29 Mar 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater KIA 27 Jun 44 St Jar, Manshe, France; buried in Plot B, Row 6, Grave 38 at Normandy, France. 

born New Rockford, NDak 21 Jul 18; resident Eddy County, NDak; entered US Army Ft Lawton, Wash 24 Jun 38; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; died in service POW 18 Jun 42 Cabanatuan, P.I.; buried in Catholic Cemetery, New Rockford, NDak. 

Harold Hall was born in Delamere, North Dakota on April 8, 1914. Private Harold A. Hall joined the U.S. Army from California and was a member of the 75th Ordnance Company in the Philippines during World War II. He was captured on Corregidor Island following the American surrender on May 6, 1942, and died of malaria on July 4, 1942, at the Cabanatuan Prison Camp in Nueva Ecija Province. He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs; however, his remains could not be associated with any remains recovered from Cabanatuan after the war.

born Kansas City, Mo 14 Oct 12; resident Burleigh County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 5 Jun 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; died in service 5 Apr 47 Europe; burial place unk. 

Lt. Haley was killed in action on Negros island in the Philippines on Jan. 5, 1945, while serving as an army air force pilot. He enlisted in the service at Fargo on Nov. 4, 1942, and reported for duty on Feb. 22, 1943. The youth attended the State Teachers college at Minot for a year after his graduation from Minot high school and then enrolled at the North Dakota Agricultural college at Fargo. A member of Mu Sigma Tau fraternity, he was active in sports and campus affairs. Lt. Haley, who was born Sept. 13, 1923, at New Rockford, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Haley, Minot.

Luther was born near Palermo N. D. Aug. 28, 1913, and came with his family to Ree Township in 1918. He went to school in Hartland, and graduated from the high school there. He was a farmer before he entered the Army in March, 1942, and owned a quarter of land in Passport township, which his brother Grant has been farming for him since he entered the service. He is buried in Plot 66, Hartland Cemetery, Hartland, North Dakota.

born Carrierton, NDak 7 Jul 20; resident Foster County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 26 Oct 42; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 25 Oct 44 Leyte, P.I.; buried in Plot Kvernes, Section 18, Carrington Cemetery, Carrington, NDak. 

born St Anthony, NDak 4 Jul 18; resident Grant County, NDak; entered AUS Fargo, NDak 20 Feb 41; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; died in service 31 Mar 45 Luzon; buried in Plot 186N, Grave 3, East side, Mandan Union Cemetery, Mandan, NDak. 

born Bismarck, NDak 13 Nov 23; resident Burleigh County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 9 Jul 43; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 4 Jan 45 Luxembourg; buried in Grave 14011, Block 24, Section C at Ft Snelling National Cemetery, Mpls, Minn.